Where Is Jesus Today?

Part 5 in the "Vintage Jesus" series from Pastor Mark Driscoll. Mark is Lead pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington.

I Would Have Never Guessed

I have been fight it for a long time, but a week ago I caved and finally got on facebook. Not sure why I was fighting it, I guess I just didn't want to get to involved in other peoples lives. Let me just say, I have been blown away.
I know what you're thinking,"Scott, it's facebook, it's been around for years welcome to 2009" I'm not talking about facebook as a social networking tool, I'm talking about the people I've been able to reconnect with.
I graduated from Byron Center High School back in 1996, go Bulldogs! During most of my high school experience I was a Christian, although not a very good one. Some of my classmates knew this and the ones that did know this didn't know that being a Christian meant that I was different. My testimony was not something that I was all to concerned about. Sure if some moral topic came up in conversation I took the position that my faith would require of me, and every once in a while I would pray over my lunch, but not to often. Sadly I can't even remember a time when I would share Christ with my friends. It saddens me to even write that.
Since graduation my life concerning Christ as changed dramatically. My relationship with Christ has become more and more real and deep. I've been more bold about my faith and would even come to consider myself a student of scripture. One day if the Lord calls me into full time ministry, I'm ready and willing to jump in.
So how has facebook blown me away? Well, it has not really been facebook, but the sovereignty and grace of God that has been extended to so many of my classmates of the last 13 years! It's so amazing to read their stories and profiles and see the work that God has done in so many of their lives. This last week has been one of encouragement to me and one of sadness. Encouragement because many of my classmates are now living lives fully for God and sadness because I've had time to reflect on my past high school testimony and realized I was a moron.
Thankfully God has shown me much grace over the last 13 years as well and now I have something greater in common with classmates that have turned into eternal friends!