Intentionality

One of the hot discussion points among leaders in our community for the last couple of months is that revival in Culpeper probably isn't going to happen in one big instant in time. It's going to happen one person at a time. That means the Church needs to be intentional at cultivating relationships with those in our community who need to know Jesus Christ.

Who do you know who needs Jesus? What are you doing about it?

It dawned on me last night as I was flying home from my work trip to New York that I need to be better at this. I told my wife that we, as a family, need to be more intentional at meeting people in our community and then (here's the sticking point), be intentional at following up with them to nurture the relationship.

Here's the example that came to my mind...

Scene:
My wife and I are at Yowell Meadow Park with our kids playing on the playground.

As normal, our kids befriend other kids playing. The sets of parents smile and exchange polite conversation while the kids have fun on the slides and swings. After a few minutes we all go our separate ways.

Instead of allowing that to happen, my wife and I need to be more intentional in making meaningful conversation with the other parent(s) while the kids are playing. We need to lead the conversation in such a way that it's comfortable to exchange contact information and have an opportunity to spend more time with them - cultivating a relationship - whereby we share who Jesus Christ is and the difference He makes in our lives.

It was a bit of a V-8 moment for me.