As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we must reflect on how we grew from five humble families with no venue or income into a thriving community of 800 people.
Based on our excellent programs, strong attendance, and healthy finances, it is easy for us to comfortably grade ourselves as highly proficient.
However, a deep tension arises because we are evaluating our success using our own human standards rather than looking at what truly matters.
We must recognize that we are not the owners of this church but merely the managers, meaning the only evaluation that carries weight is Jesus' opinion.
What Does Jesus Think?
To understand our true standing, we must look to the Great Commission where Jesus defines our primary job description as making disciples rather than just gathering church-goers.
A true disciple is not a casual believer, but someone who enters a lifelong covenant to adopt the lifestyle, teachings, and relentless mission of Christ.
When we measure ourselves against Christ's warnings to the churches in Revelation, we are forced to examine if we have lost our first love, relied on a hollow reputation, or become lukewarm. (Revelation 2-3)
Thankfully, Jesus exposes our complacency out of profound love, offering us an urgent invitation to repent so that we can ultimately overcome and reign with him.
What Should We Do?
This milestone anniversary is our pivotal moment to move past simple celebration and actively choose to remember, reflect, and repent.
To our young adults and next-generation believers, the future of this church rests entirely on your shoulders, and you are no longer too young to wake up and lead.
When our founders started this church twenty years ago, they chose radical obedience despite facing overwhelming financial, career, and personal limitations.
We cannot make excuses about our lack of maturity or biblical knowledge because God does not call the capable; he calls the obedient to live for something much bigger than themselves.
If you choose to go completely all in today, someone twenty years from now will look back and thank you for changing their life forever.
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