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In a world obsessed with reach and metrics, Jesus consistently reoriented people back to the individual in front of them. The one lost sheep. The one woman searching for her coin. The one son who came home. The mission was never about the crowd—it was always about the one.
Running after the one means letting that same instinct shape how you lead. It means setting aside what's comfortable or convenient and actually investing in people who haven't found their way yet. Because if lost people matter to God, they have to matter to us too—enough to go after them. To build real relationships. To make following Jesus feel possible for someone who's still figuring out what that even means.
This is the value that keeps everything personal. You can get busy, you can get focused on the work, and forget that the work is people. This is the reminder.
Reflect: Is there a specific person in your life right now—someone outside the faith, or far from it—that you sense God nudging you toward? What's one small, concrete step you could take this week to run after them?