How Christmas Mobilizes Your Missional Life All Year LongSýnishorn

God mobilized His missional living by becoming among us. In fact, on earth, as Jesus, He received a name that describes his missional living to you: “Look! A virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, And they will call him, Emmanuel.” (‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1:23‬‬‬). Emmanuel means “God with us.” What love! God went through extreme measures to be with you. He expresses His love for people. He calls out by proclaiming, “I am with you” in His missional life. God expressed this to Abraham and Isaiah when He called them into their missional life. Jesus expressed this to you as His disciple the day He commissioned you in your missional life: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20). Be intentional to meet or “be with” people you know among your daily spheres of influence replicating the life of Jesus: “The twelve were with Him (Jesus),” (Luke 8:1). What is your next step this week to truly be present with a family member, a friend, a co-worker or a stranger the Holy Spirit helped you meet recently? This could possibly be the best Christmas present you could give someone.