I read Seth Godin’s blog from time to time. I started reading it when I was into web design. When I gave up web design for the sake of the gospel (I may post about this soon), I stopped reading all of the blogs that I read that had to do with web design. But there were a few blogs that I continued to read because I thought that their message was much broader than web development.
Today Seth posted about the power of an idea spreading by those who believe it. He suggests finding ten people who really love your product/idea/message, and investing in them so that they have the resources to then tell ten others each, and you will see how fast your message spreads.
I immediately thought of Jesus. He did not find ten, but twelve. He invested in them for three years. For three years they didn’t get it. But once Jesus rose from the dead, they got it. And they spread the message not to twelve each, but to hundreds if not thousands each.
Then I thought about our churches today. We often struggle to find one or two people willing to “give us a chance” by coming to church. Despite our churches being full of believers, very few are added each year. If we truly believe the message, and love it, we would be spreading it so fast and so passionately that people around us would want whatever it is that we are so excited about.
This resurrection season, think about what Christ did for you, and think about what you can do for Christ.