Evange-living – loving, liking, and longing together

I like the word Dr.Errol Lawrence coined over a decade ago – Evangeliving!  You could add – Evangeloving, Evangeliking, Evangelonging J  I keep repeating this term “evangel” – good messenger, a bearer of good news, one who gives an excellent report!

Watching some reports from the United Nations this week, where the 70^th session of the General Assembly is taking place, it was interesting to note the vast differences between interests of different nations.  When Mugabe said “we are not gays” the assembly rolled with laughter. When Obama tried to defend his concept of a world order based on seven decades or USA global leadership, emphasizing that he will never hesitate to use the military force, he was challenged by Chinese, Iranian, and Russian presidents, and other leaders.  It was Putin’s first appearance in 10 years at the UN council. Russia currently serves as the president of the UN Security Council.  He spoke candidly that the experimentation with changes through revolutions had brought more hurt, war, pain than solutions.  Countries of North Africa and Middle East are in fiery turmoil and Europe that was involved in destabilizing systems there is stressed with the influx of migrants and refugees.  No one can win by manipulating, or forcing others, because in the process it is hard to know who is manipulating whom.  He pleaded against double-standards, and for common values to be practiced, and draw attention to what started UN – Yalta Conference after the end of the World War 2, appealing to the necessity of cooperation for the good and benefit of all.  The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called all leaders to "compassion, prevention and, above all, action.”   As world leaders are discussing 2030 Agenda and are focusing on the environment, poverty, hunger, urbanization, youth – they all talk about stability, peace and safety.

 I do not want to get political in this blog, but must draw attention to the Bible students, that the Second Coming of Christ will happen when there is stability, peace and apparent security.  1^st Thessalonians 5:3 “About the time everybody’s walking around complacently, congratulating each other—“We’ve sure got it made! Now we can take it easy!”—suddenly everything will fall apart.” (The Message) 

As the world is saying more “action” is needed to pursue its plans for global order, we must consider our actions to further the Kingdom of God.  Are we sitting as excited spectators ready to point finger on actions of the world, marvelling what is happening, or are we active workers of God’s Kingdom, inviting people to know God through Jesus Christ?  Have you been active witnessing for God’s Kingdom and God’s Love to use revealed in Jesus?  Are you sharing the Love of the Holy Spirit with those who may take a stand as your enemies?  Do you give people likeable picture of God’s Kingdom, so they would want to come and experience the fellowship of the Body of Christ, the Church?  This is what the true longing for Jesus to come will do daily – evange-living, evange-loving, evange-telling, evange-longing!