Micro-Church 33
We spent some time Sunday talking about investing in things that matter. Paul said, I will gladly spend and be spent for your souls! I asked the question Sunday: How much is a soul worth? Implying that we sometimes value some over others. I made a statement like: “Is my soul worth more than somebody else’s?”
Here’s what I want to affirm – The eternity of someone outside of Hub City Church is not more valuable than the eternity of someone who is already part of Hub City Church. Neither vice-versa. That sounds obvious, but let’s restate what I told our lead team from the moment we began meeting:
I refuse to plant a church at the cost of the
spiritual well-being of the people who plant it.
Simply put – I want to spend the week discussing how we can better invest in the people we have, and not just the people we want. As we grow this is increasingly important.
Isaiah 6:1–8 (NLT)
1 It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” 4 Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” 8 Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”
What do you notice about the nature of God from this passage?
What do you notice about Isaiah in this passage?
It is important to take note of how Isaiah’s attention moves through this passage:
Verses 1-4: Isaiah looks up! (He is observing just how Holy and glorious God is!)
Verses 5-7: Isaiah looks in! (He obviously wasn’t impressed with himself!)
Verses 8: Isaiah looks out! (There was a calling to reach the lost!)
Let’s discuss investing in each of these areas:
1. Look up: How can we better invest in our devotional life?
2. Look in: How can we better invest in our Church/Micro-Church/Ourselves?
3. Look out: How can we better invest in the community around us?
