A Mobile Mission!

Have you noticed the proliferation of mobile services? It used to be that you would have to go into the office to do your work. Yet, half of our employed adult children and their spouses work mobile or remote from home, either full-time or part-time. These same family members use store grocery shoppers and appreciate timely delivery to their doorsteps. There are a variety of mobile services that can be leveraged by today’s busy families!

Mobile Pet Services!

Imagine my surprise the other day when I looked outside the kitchen window and saw a mobile pet-grooming van parked at the end of our next-door neighbor’s driveway. I immediately texted these friends to let them know that their busybody neighbors were spying on them again! This is what I wrote: “A mobile pet grooming business? What a great idea! Who would have ‘thunk’ it?? This is the kind of stuff a blog writer loves!”

These neighbors were not surprised by my comment. I send my weekly blog articles to them, and they often reply with such good reflections! It would only be about a week later that the area television news station would do a feature on a mobile adventure bus that’s owned and operated by a pet daycare business. They use the vehicle to give all sizes of beloved furry and energetic pets a ride throughout the community. This convenience allows busy pet owners to engage their day’s work without interruptions.

A cursory search on the exploding growth of pet services reveals some staggering statistics. The mobile pet care industry is projected to exceed 1.4 billion by 2034. If you’re looking for the stress-free convenience of animal care, without kennels or transportation to services, consider these mobile options of “spas on wheels,” adventure buses, and even home veterinary care! Who said you can’t get doctors to come to the house anymore! 😊

If we think “movement is in” for today’s culture to keep in shape, we need to take a closer look at the ministry approach of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, two-thousand years ago. He not only didn’t have any “wheels,” but also He walked every where He went. And He called His disciples to walk with Him. They went into the villages, towns, and larger cities of Galilee, Perea, and Judea during His earthly ministry.

This mobile ministry was not just a way to get around, but Jesus talked and taught the disciples as they walked around. He took his ministry to the people. It was a ministry of movement by intention. He did not expect them to come to Him, even though His popularity did draw thousands to hear him teach on hillsides and perform miracles in the towns of Palestine! Jesus’ ministry was “peripatetic” in nature (from the Greek compound word meaning, “to walk about”). Four hundred years later, Greek philosophers, like Aristotle, would teach in the same way.

George Whitefield was an anointed and gifted eighteenth-century Anglican Priest and orator. He, along with the Wesley brothers, became one of the foundational leaders of Methodism and a spiritual catalyst for the Great Awakening. Whitefield was unique and ahead of his time as he engaged in open-air preaching. His transatlantic ministry was so intentional that he became known as the “Grand Itinerate.” He would cross the Atlantic thirteen times preaching in revivals in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. He would also move throughout all thirteen American colonies, on this side of the Atlantic, speaking the gospel message to massive crowds numbering over 20,000 at times while preaching without the convenience of modern microphones and amplification devices.

While our modern church facilities are a nice convenience for gathering and worshiping today, we would do well to consider the power of movement for the people of our day. Jesus took the gospel to the common people. He often reminded the disciples of the itinerate nature of His ministry, “I must go and preach the gospel to other towns, as well. This is why I came.” (Mark 1:38; Luke 4:43).

We have neighbors, family, and friends that need the gospel. Are we praying for them and moving toward them in relationship building? Do we take time to engage, do life, and serve others in tangible ways that exemplify Christ? As the old hymn by B.B. McKinney reminds us, “Your life’s a book before their lives, they’re reading it through and through; say, does it point them to the skies, do others see Jesus in you?”

Let’s get on our feet and engage in a mobile mission of movement to others in need of Christ! 

Mike Keppler, retired pastor,
active churchman and
doting grandparent.
Contact: drmjkeppler@gmail.com
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