called out

The NBA finals have begun. It seems like the playoffs have been going on forever. Repeatedly one person has “called out” someone else to step up their game. Well, it seems to me that God is calling us out. I believe God wants us to “step up our game.” God has given us the privilege of cooperating with him in the redemption of the world. But way too often we seem content to sit on the sideline, passively waiting on God to do something dramatic and “win the game.” I fear that if we don’t get the job done God has planned for us, God will sit us on the bench (just ask J. J. Redick what that’s like.) The Greek word for “church” is “ekklesia.” It means “the called out” ones. Will we fulfill our calling?