Fissures of Men

The crumbling economy has produced some positive side effects: the thieves have been exposed, the cracks in the foundation have been revealed.. It had to happen sooner or later and now (maybe) we can start the process all over and correct these deviations.

The same is true of the American Church. It's splintering, fracturing, falling apart. And I believe it's a good thing. The thieves are being exposed. The false foundation is being revealed. The self-centered maintenance men who have created this problem are being flushed out. The wood, hay and stubble is being tossed to the floor and revealed for what it is. Now maybe we can get back on mission - the true mission of Jesus.

First things first: we have to stop witnessing to the box - the pre-established criteria of church. We build the structure, identify people who would look and fit in that structure, and target them as our "field" to harvest so that we can build the church in our image, and then we expend every available resource maintaining this box. Christ never operated that way. Everyone was part of the 'field.' The true Church blows wherever the Wind leads it.

Read the Gospels like you've never read them before. See how Christ really went about His business. In Luke 8 He made a religious ruler with a dying daughter stand to the side as He passionately dealt with a fringe woman who had been ostracized by the institution this man ruled over. He made this man wait and watch as He revealed the true heart of His mission. Is this how we truly see things? Is this how the 'church' really operates?

Don't simply get out of the way in frustration. That's not a valid option. I hate the saying that we should get out of the way and let Christ go to work. If we are aware enough to identify that there is a problem, then we need to get straightened out and get in the Way. In the Truth. In the Life.

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