Z Thinking God’s Plan for My Province

 

      Hello everybody, my name is Dean Davis and this is “Multiply,” the podcast that

provides a word of encouragement for Village Church Planters.

We know that Z-thinking means beginning with the end in mind. We also

understand that Z-thinking means thinking specifically about the future God

has planned for the world. We think this way so we can join God, as co-laborers

with Christ, to accomplish his purposes on earth.

We know that God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should

come to repentance. God is patient with us. For this reason Jesus has not yet

returned to earth. Because of God’s patient love, the final judgment has not

yet occurred. (2 Peter 3:4-10). Instead, God is calling all people everywhere to

repent and believe the Good News (Acts 17:30,31).

But what is my part in this great plan? I know God has a plan for the whole

world, but what is his plan for my district, for my province, for my department

or for my state? Many faithful, Christ-honoring disciples have asked themselves this

important question. Maybe you have too. Brothers and sisters, I can assure you

that God has a big, big plan for the world, and slowly but certainly he is

accomplishing it. But what is his plan for my people and me? What is his plan

for the place where I live?

Friend, God’s plan for the province where you live is the plan he has for the

whole world. God wants everyone in your province to hear and understand the

Good News. He wants every man and woman, every boy and girl of your

province to know the Gospel, to repent, and put their trust in Christ. He wants

all of us to experience his transforming grace in the fellowship of a church.

How then should we pray? Our prayers should be informed by Z-thinking. We

should pray as Jesus commanded, “Your kingdom come, your will be done on

earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10). We should pray for church planters

and church members to start a church in every village of the province. We

should prayer walk and mobilize intercessors, helping them to also embrace Z-

thinking. Pray with God’s end in mind.

How should we work? We should work in such a way that healthy churches

multiply themselves without delay in our province, so that God’s purposes on

earth may be fulfilled near our homes, among people who speak our language

and are living nearby.

Whom should we send? We should send out workers, both to our province and

to the ends of the earth. We should send people who know God’s heart, people

who are motivated to work and pray according to Z-thinking. We should send

out workers equipped to proclaim the Good News of Jesus, make disciples and

start healthy, multiplying churches.

My brothers and sisters, let us embrace Z-thinking in all we do, trusting God for

his kingdom to come and his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

This has been “Multiply,” and I’m Dean Davis asking, “Who will you share this

encouraging word with today?”

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