Get Up and Go

26 / Afterword

an imposed fate and destiny. From a Christian worldview, believers in Christ need no longer fear failure or rejection. Now, indwelt by God’s own Spirit (Eph. 1.13) and empowered by Christ’s own commission (Matt. 28.18-20), believers are liberated to become, produce, and experiment in a range of acts to love others (John 13.34-35), to use their freedom to care for and serve others (Gal. 5.1-13), and to pursue goals and dreams for Christ which before would have seemed both foolhardy and impossible. To be a Christian is to believe that God can do immeasurably beyond what we ask or think according to the power, God’s very power, that indwells us (Eph. 3.20-21). The title of Daniel’s piece turns out to be the challenge for all believers in Christ – we are asked to get up and go, moving out from the shame of our former lives and the fears of the future! The amazing courage and energy of the DIY culture mirrors the kind of productive culture which results from those Christians that freely appropriate their freedom in Christ. Christians are free, not primarily for the sake of self expression and artistic authenticity, but for the sake of accom- plishing God’s will, and loving people who need