Words are important.  Words have meaning.  When words lose their meaning, confusion ensues and trouble begins.  Years ago, some well-meaning person wrote a song for kids titled, “Be a Missionary Every Day.”  Some of you probably have the tune (with the claps) stuck in your head.   That song is another classic case of the perils of so called “Christian music.”  We get the idea that if we sing it in church it must be true.  The song is not evil but it sure waters down the Biblical concept of missions and blurs the lines between missional living, missions and missionaries.  So let’s get some clarity about important words.   God is on a mission.  He is redeeming and restoring His image for His glory.  If we are believers we’ll want to join Him in that mission.  Whatever we do and wherever we are, we represent Him and His Kingdom.  Living with that mindset is missional living.  If we are missional in mindset, we will remember that God desires the worship of all people groups.  We have the privilege of being partners with Him in the story of His glory.  This means we will try to figure out how to send qualified, Spirit-filled people to places where the worship of God is absent.  We will probably have to join other believers/churches to have enough money for that purpose.  The sending of the individual is called missions and the sent one is called a missionary.  We should all be involved in missions in one (or more) of three ways.  We should be praying, giving and/or going.  Most of us will not be going.  All of us can be praying, some of us will want to give in support of what we are praying about.  There are many more involved in the sending than in the going but all are partners with God in His mission.  You are probably not a missionary.  You should be involved in missions.  Missional living should be the mindset of all God’s kids.  We address these matters at least annually to stay on track with God’s glocal desire.  He has desires for the greater Greenville area and He cares about the world.  Let’s be glocal, missional and involved in missions…for the glory of our great King!