The phrase due diligence often carries a legal connotation: reasonable steps taken to satisfy a legal requirement, especially in buying or selling something. But what about spiritual due diligence?
The church's mission extends beyond its internal activities and care. It also has a critical external role, rooted in the Great Commission and the call to be a light to the world and salt of the Earth.
Being a child of God does not bring about ease in the form of a painless life, but in the simplicity of trust: we are not the author of our faith, He is. We are not sustaining our own growth, He is. We are not earning His affection, He has already given it fully.
