Why Would Anyone Do This?

As a Community, we have been studying through the book of Acts together since last September. In a couple of weeks, on July 20, we will finish this journey. I have absolutely loved going through the book of Acts and it has been very influential both to me and to the rest of the Community.

One of the big questions we are forced to answer while reading the narrative of the life of God's people following the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus is, "Why?" Why would the disciples continue on after Jesus ascended? Why would people continue to proclaim the Gospel after Stephen and James were killed for preaching the Gospel? Why would Paul relentlessly go year after year, from town to town, proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus while regularly enduring beatings, imprisonment, and near-death experiences? Why would anyone willingly go the path of Jesus? After all, His path is the hard path, as He says in Matthew 7:13-14, "“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." And as Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” 

To be honest, there is no logical answer for the question of “Why?” The only answer the people of God can truly give is from the apostle Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68) For us specifically, there is no logical reason for leaving a comfortable situation in order to start something from scratch in the manner that we’re doing it. The only answer we can give is with the words the artist KB, “I've seen the Lord, the same I’ll never be/ Some say they've seen the Lord but live on casually/ I don’t know what you saw but the Lord ain't what you seen/ Once you really seen the Lord, you’re obsessed with what you see.” (Zone Out) Life is all about Jesus. When that clicks, your life may not make any sense to others, but it will make perfect sense to you.

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