Waiting is hard when we are under pressure or in need. Hope is the result of patiently waiting on God to fulfill his promises. Hundreds of years before the coming of Christ, Isaiah prophesied of the day when our every hope would be fulfilled in the coming of God himself. Beyond all doubt God’s people would be able to declare “Behold this is our God, we have waited for him that he might save us” Isaiah 25:9. Christ is indeed the fulfillment of this prophecy for he is Emanuel, God with us.
Waiting is hard when we are under pressure or in need. Hope is the result of patiently waiting on God to fulfill his promises. Hundreds of years before the coming of Christ, Isaiah prophesied of the day when our every hope would be fulfilled in the coming of God himself. Beyond all doubt God’s people would be able to declare “Behold this is our God, we have waited for him that he might save us” Isaiah 25:9. Christ is indeed the fulfillment of this prophecy for he is Emanuel, God with us.
Los discípulos se convierten en hacedores de discípulos motivados no por lo que les falta, sino por lo que, en Cristo, ya han recibido. Estamos en un proceso para convertirnos en creadores de discípulos. Para DFBC, esta temporada es una oportunidad para unirse en el amor para mostrar su gloria a un mundo incrédulo.
Disciples grow into disciple-makers motivated not by what they lack but by what, in Christ, they have already received. We are in the process of becoming disciple-makers. For DFBC, this season is an opportunity to unite in love to display his glory to an unbelieving world.
A veces, el desafío para que los discípulos se conviertan en hacedores de discípulos pueden parecer abrumador. Cuando Cristo nos llama a dar un paso adelante y enfrentar un mundo desafiante, esta tarea puede parecer imposible. Sin embargo, en esta sección de su oración, Cristo asegura a sus discípulos que, debido a que ya ha superado el mundo, tenemos lo que se necesita para hacer lo que nos ha llamado a hacer. En Cristo, los discípulos que se convierten en creadores de discípulos tienen garantía, llamadas, importancia y propósito. Todo esto, proporcionado por el llamado de Cristo que los distingue del mundo por la poderosa disposición de Su Palabra. Dios creó el mundo con el poder de su palabra y rescatará al mundo a una persona a la vez por el poder de la misma palabra. Porque Dios ya ha hablado, ¡no hay forma de perder!
Sometimes the challenge for disciples to grow into disciple-makers may feel overwhelming. When Christ calls us to step up and face a challenging world this task may seem impossible. In this section of his prayer, however, Christ assures his disciples that because he has already overcome the world, we have what it takes to do what he has called us to do. In Christ, disciples growing into disciple-makers have assurance, calling, significance, and purpose. All of this, provided by Christ's calling that sets them apart from the world by the powerful provision of his word. God created the world with the power of his word and will rescue the world one person at a time by the power of the same word. Because God has already spoken, there is no way to lose!
El trabajo de Cristo está terminado y hecho. En el centro de la misión de Jesús está la pasión ardiente por la gloria de Dios. Como muestran estos versos, Dios es glorificado cuando estamos vividos en él. Es la lujosa generosidad de la vida del Padre a través de su hijo lo que derribó a Cristo para hacer la voluntad del Padre. Nosotros, sus hijos, ahora somos los destinatarios de esta generosidad para que podamos ser como él. Nos dieron vida para que a su vez también podamos dar vida.
Christ’s work is finished and done. At the center of Jesus’ mission is hot burning passion for the glory of God. As these verses show, God is glorified when we are made alive in him. It is the Father’s lavish life-giving generosity through his Son that brought Christ down to do the Father’s will. We, his children are now the recipients of this generosity so that we may become just like him. We were given life so that we may also in turn give life.
El compromiso misional a veces puede convertirse en un asunto agridulce. Aunque podemos experimentar el sufrimiento, la persecución y el dolor cuando nos unimos a Cristo en la misión, promete que el dolor se convertirá en alegría cuando vemos el milagro de la nueva vida que resulta de este sufrimiento a través de la oración intercesora y la paz a través de su abrumadora victoria sobre el mundo. .
