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Its assignment season again.  School has started and homework will be assigned.  Now that I have no children at home anymore, I don’t have to be concerned with the whole concept of “assignments” and can I just say,
 
HALLELUJAH!!!!
 

in bright colors with just a little bit of excitement???  Let’s just say helping with my sons’ assignments wasn’t my most favorite kind of pastime.  But actually, I have an assignment myself.  You have an assignment.  Everyone does.  This assignment comes from God Himself.

Some (me included) might think of this “assignment” as a “calling” of some sort.  You know, some are called to be preachers, some teachers, some evangelists. . . .   That type of thing.  But in a recent class, KINDLE – Christ-Like Disciple Training, our “calling” was worded as our “assignment”.

God has assigned each of us to something.  I don’t know, when I heard that, my ears perked up and my heart started racing.  My type A-ness came to attention and I checked my calendar. 

Phew!   they were talking about my calling, not an assignment due.  Oh, that puts me to ease.   But really, it is an "assignment”.  What assignment?

The introduction to the class went something like this:

The Christ-like disciple journey begins with an understanding that growing as a disciple of Jesus Christ is a lifelong process of maturity.  Colossians says “in order to bring each one into God’s presence as a mature person in Christ.”  That’s the goal (the assignment):  continuing the lifelong (NO DUE DATE!) process of growing up into Christ-likeness by recognizing our baptismal identity and living out God’s call and plan for our life.

WOW!  Now THAT’S an assignment!  How the heck am I ever going to get that done???  The Mission Impossible theme song is playing in my head right now.  Yours too?

Here are a few suggestions (some straight from the KINDLE info)


·         Daily scripture reflections – read, pause, listen, mark and reflect on God’s Word (while its important to get into God’s Word, its even more important for God’s Word to get into you) – LOVE THAT!


·         Once you reflect, pray.  Daily.  Find 10 minutes, even 5 minutes.  Open your heart and just talk to God. 

 
·         Now take your reflection (God’s Word) and your prayer life and fuse them together.  Pray for a heart full of Him.  If this means join a class, a church or start a group,  DO IT!  Go where God wants you and He wants you there.  But you got to be willing. 

 This sounds like a lifelong process of maturity . . . and yes, it's my assignment - it's your assignment – it’s OUR assignment.

As Paul says in Ephesians, “we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who is the head, that is, Christ.” 

How I do it isn’t going to be how you do it.  That’s the catch. We EACH have an assignment, and in God’s creative way, He knew BEFORE WE WERE BORN, what we would become.

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