Christ gave the mandate so very long
ago.
Live today.
Tomorrow will take care of itself.
I care about the birds of the air and
the flowers of the field, ie... I care for you.
What I have found is that I can do it
no other way. Oh, I can most certainly try... but any other step
beyond leaning has me falter.
Lessons learned or choices made....
If I am going to believe in God, if I
am going to live my life as though He exists, if I am going to have a
biblical world view then I am going to believe in God, and believe He
exists and have a world view that comes into alignment with what He
says.
What does that mean for me?
I need to choose God. I choose God and
will believe He is who He says He is and that He doesn't need me to
make things up nor does He need me manipulating His people nor does
He need me manufacturing experiences for His people.
For me it means I need the courage to
wait upon Him. Not lazy inactivity BUT trust....
So this week has had an expose come out
about manufactured experiences in churches; in the specific case
this one news broadcast refers to baptisms. As I read about the
issues and events my heart grieved. Not just for the reasons one
might think. While this one church does indeed perfect what I would
call manipulation, it got me thinking about the term that came to my
mind, “manufactured experiences.”
So a staged event where “plants”
have their instructions and music swells and emotions are played
upon; ie, the stage is set, sounds no different to me then 450
prophets of baal being whipped into a frenzy hoping that some deity
might just show up.
Except as I read through some peoples
comments and concerns another thought hit me...
“Manufactured experiences.”
While this one church is doing all it
can to enhance its numbers and show how many “converts” have
gotten baptized... Maybe to convince its stock holders that it is
still a worthy investment... Whatever.. Where else are services and
lives being corralled
My husband has been talking about this
idea of 1/5th. His thoughts are that we need to leave
1/5th of each portion of our services open to that which
God would want to do... A place for God to be God...
God is the same God that implored His
people to rest and trust and believe that if they would let Him be
their king that He indeed would be their God and they would be His
people... For me the saddest thing of all the contrived manipulations
is the lack of trusting God that He will show up on behalf of His
people...
We can't control that or make it happen
on our time frame but if we believe He is who He says He is then are
we willing to wait upon Him... The horses and chariots of the world
look so strong, so polished, so capable.... but those that belonged
to Egypt were drowned by the waters that came back crashing in after
the Children of God walked safely away from slavery.
So I earnestly don't know what exactly
it looks like or will look like but today, these moments, it is my
heart to attempt to lean upon the Lord and not my own understanding
believing that as I do He will direct my path and He will speak
tenderly to me.
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