Now let this picture that God’s Word gives to us sink into your heart and mind.
Jesus found his first disciples sitting and doing what fishermen do, looking through each part of their nets and stitching back up any tears, mending any holes, and fixing anywhere the nets had started to unravel. Mending is what this word portrays.
To even broaden our mental picture, if we trace this word outside the Bible and into the culture of Paul’s day, this word is used for setting broken bones.
So mending nets and setting bones both speak of taking injured, damaged, or weakened things and getting them back the way they are supposed to be. Can you see the connection? An equipping church is all about helping people from where they are to where God wants them to be. We all need help, and we all need to help each other. Now plug those images into the purpose of Christ’s church as we meet.
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