Missional-Incarnational Impulse

In Alan Hirsch's novel "The Forgotten Ways" he points out four sides to the Frame that makes up the the incarnational church. The sides of the Frame are presence, proximity, powerlessness, and proximity. Each of these terms is absolutely biblical in terms of Jesus Christ's ministry.
Presence - Jesus Christ's physical body being part of the world. He was God in human form, and not a representative of any sort.
Proximity - Jesus Christ was accessible to his followers. He surrounded himself with people who needed him, befriended them, and guided them.
Powerlessness - God comes down to our level and humbles himself before us by taking the form of a human, becoming one of us. We can understand the love and humbleness of God through this.
Proclamation - Jesus Christ's actions incited us all to spread the gospel to the nations, inviting everyone to respond to God in repentance and faith.

We, as followers of Christ, can implement these sides to the frame by understanding the ways Christ carried out these out himself, and performing the works he calls us to do. This month I'd like to practice powerlessness. The world proclaims that we ought to do all we can to reach the top, and gain power. God tells us to surrender and let grace be all the power we need as we humble ourselves.