In our current sermon series – UNSTUCK – we are leaning into what it means to become unstuck by apprenticing ourselves to Jesus. We have been diving into Scripture and, in cooperation with the Holy Spirit, mining the text for what God has to say to us about what it means to learn, grow, and spend time with Jesus.

Taking apprenticeship to a practical level includes a process of training our souls. In this series - and in our goal to live as apprentices to Jesus - we are exploring different soul training practices to move toward becoming more and more free from our fallenness and the brokenness of lives lived ignorant of, or inattentive to, God’s presence all around us, to become free enough to live the abundant life in the Kingdom of God. Here and now.

We are two-thirds through this sermon series, and I want to invite you to pay attention to what God is inviting you to pay attention to.

If we aren’t careful, we simply fill our heads with more knowledge, and fall short of receiving what we are learning and allowing our lives to be transformed.

To live the abundant life here and now, to walk the journey along the transformation pathway, requires being intentional to daily be aware of God’s presence and activity in our lives. It’s so easy to live outside of that awareness of His presence and involvement in our day-to-day living.

Apprenticeship is not a spectator sport.

Apprenticeship with Jesus is a whole-life and a whole life-long journey along a path of transformation so that Christ will be formed in us – for our good, for His glory, and for the sake of others.

So, as we seek to become unstuck by apprenticing ourselves to Jesus, here’s my invitation to us:

What is God stirring in you through this series?

In what areas do you long to become unstuck?

How are you becoming more aware of God’s presence and activity in your life?

What soul training practice are you exploring?

Who can you share this journey with?

Take some time today, or in the days ahead, to ask these questions through the lens of God’s love for you. Then choose one thing to begin to practice that will move you toward living the abundant life Jesus came to give you.