“AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION”

Transformation is a divine orchestrated process that God customizes according to His plans and purposes for our living.

Today every born again Christian is invited to be transformed into the image of Christ becoming a true ambassador for the Kingdom of God. (II Cor 3:18)

In a tiny Island of USA where ferocious slaves master had lots of slaves. No one could go there besides the slaves. The master was also antichristian and not outsiders were allowed to come. The Moravians had q vision and a burden for the slaves.

As they were praying two brothers from the mission volunteered to go there. In order to go there, they had to sell themselves as slaves. They boarded a small boat to take them to the Island. As the ship left the shore they uttered these words “May the Lamb have the reward of His sacrifice”. Perhaps they might not come back to be reunited with their loved ones- a deep and solemn sacrifice- They became an agent of transformation among the slaves.

As we enter the auspicious month of March where we remember the sacrificial death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ- we see Jesus becoming the agents of transformation.

In His mission mandate He quoted from the Book of Isaiah 61:1-2

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me

Because He has anointed me

To preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners

And recovery of sight for the blind,

To release the oppressed.

(Luke 4:18)

God is looking for people to be Agents of transformation- a sacrificing person, a person with a dream, a person wiling to take risk.

As we look around people are into slavery- Spiritual, financial, mental, emotional, physical etc

“It is not how long you live, but how well you spent this life”

C.T. Studd (WEC) – a cricket who left his glamorous career to be a missionary to India and China said and I quote

“If Christ be God and if He died for me, then no sacrifice is too great for me to make for Him”

The following is something to Ponder:

· If you wok e up this morning healthy………… you are most blessed than the millions who will not survive this week.

· If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the fear & loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pain of starvation- you are better off than 500 million people in the world.

· If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep …… you are more comfortable than 75% of the people in this world.

· If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ………. you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

· If you can read this…………. You are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

(This 2005 edition is copy-right free. You may reproduce it. Original version by Donella H.Meadows. More information at www.odt.org/pop.htm)

“If sometimes our poor people have had to die of starvation, it is not because God did not care for them, but because you and I didn’t give, were not instruments of love in the hands of God, to give them that bread, to give them that clothing….” (Mother Theresa)

We recognize that the Lord has entrusted the poor to his church and understands that every believer has been commanded to love and remember them, and provide for their needs both spiritually and physically. Therefore, we covenant to transform mindsets, integrate assets and synchronize initiatives to stabilize urban poor and develop rural communities.

We believe God is doing something new through the Body of Christ as we go forward into the 21st century. The Holy Spirit is leading us into fresh forms and fields of ministry. The rising generation is seeing the vision of God’s mission to the world and its place in that mission with new eyes. The call to be agents of transformation has never been more compelling and urgent. Our challenge is to claim all the resources of the Gospel for the task at hand and then to go forth in faith, hope and joy, witnessing to God’s love and compassion for all people.