Reaching is not a planned event it’s a mindset. When we wake up every morning we should wake up and say “who am I going to reach today?” Reaching as it applies to Royalwood starts way before service begins. Reaching might be through turning point, a street service, or just from an invitation on the job, or to a neighbor. However, when a guest gets here, we might only have one opportunity to help change their lives forever. Before service begins, people are going to drive onto a well groomed campus. They will be met at the door by smiling greeters and ushers. They are going to receive information about the church, and hostesses are going to receive their information in return. Contact is going to be made with that special guest letting them know how important it was for them to visit. Once they get inside the sanctuary, everything that we do in the service should be another extension of God’s hand reaching out to them. Every song, every saint, every prayer, each video, the preached word, should be God through us showing them that he cares about their soul. That is reaching!
Colossians 1:28 says “Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:” An important part of the formula of men made perfect through Christ is teaching. It is up to us to be able to open up His word and let the light of truth shine into people’s darkened lives. Each guest that comes to Royalwood should have a Bible Study taught to them, showing them truth. Once they are born again and become babes in Christ, it is up to the mother (which is the church) to help them grow into mature disciples of God. Once someone has been taught a Bible Study and filled with the Holy Ghost, capable teachers are ready to assist in the growth of each disciple through our launch class. Hosiah 4:6 says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…. Teaching is more than just a classroom and dry eraser board. It’s the impartation of knowledge to give power to the people of God! That is teaching!
Our God is a God of action. If we are truly going to be like him then we must strive to be like him in every way! One of Jesus Christ’s greatest attributes was his servitude. Washing feet, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, giving those that thirst a drink, cleansing the leapers….these were just a few things that the Savior did to serve. As people are reached, and taught and molded into vessels that God can use, it is our responsibility to show them where they can serve someone else. Through 20/20 class and our New Members department we can be shown and guided to fit into His Kingdom. Let’s be like Joshua and say “but as for me and my house we will SERVE the Lord!
