He Sends Us

So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.  And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. - Mark 16:19-20

God sent His Son and so His Son sends us.  We are the carriers of His grace and His mercy.  We demonstrate His love.  If not us, how will the world know?  I find that I have been much too quiet (although that is my nature) about the truths of God.  Worse still, I have been much too flippant with the knowledge of God.  This wisdom is "pearls" of truth (Matt 7:6)!  Not marbles to be played! 

Can there be a more defined purpose than to believe with your whole heart and soul in the living presence of God?  Then to simply live completely in that believe?  Then to tell others about how you live in that belief?  ...  It is the first two sentences that cause most everyone to stumble.  They might want to believe but can't quite get there or they might actually believe but can't live it.  How can someone who doesn't know tell others?  How can someone who can't live it tell others without being a hypocrite?  ...  An overflowing love will spill onto everyone around you.  When you are so very grateful for God's grace and mercy, for your very life, you will give it everywhere you can.

The stone that was rolled away at Jesus' tomb was not rolled away by the angel who sat upon it so Jesus could get out.  It was rolled away so that we could enter into His resurrection.  His resurrection is God's grace and mercy applied to us because of who He is as Love.  Close your eyes and enter into the tomb and see the linens there with no body, see a resurrected Christ.  Enter into the tomb and be willing to die to all that you are, hold nothing dear, be willing to go to heaven right now.  Is there even a spot of unbelief?  Does anything hold you back?  We cannot hold onto this world and have a belief with our whole heart.  And if we don't believe with our whole heart, how can we tell others?