Monday, January 14, 2019
What is Church?
I have to say it...I hate that Trump has become the Evangelical institutional savior. I hate that right wing religious people, have snuggled up, think he is doing them favors protecting their "rights." I will pray for him, because he is our president. I am at peace, because I know God is ultimately working out a plan, and Donald Trump isn't powerful enough to change that. I can let him do what he can do, letting go of what he can't. I did not want Hillary. But had she won, I would have felt the same way. Maybe the next guy will have the wisdom to add to the next weak area of our country. Plenty to work on there. And maybe they will set us back 4 years. Guess what? You vote for someone else if they don't do what they promised to do. End of story.
But Christians...when did Jesus ever say you would need your rights protected?? What the heck are ya'll afraid of? Is there any law against love?
We are free to follow Jesus in this world. I can get up everyday and ask, "what do you want me to know, and who do you want me to love today God?"
It's SYSTEM'S the world fights. And our institutional system is the same as the worlds. Same gun, different model. These are not our weapons.
I am free to love whoever He brings across my path each day. I don't need a paid ministry to sanction that. I don't need a teacher, other than Holy Spirit to impart wisdom. I'm open to Him leading me to people with something to impart, but I have found precious few who are following Him and not their own agenda or another man's, or imparting wisdom from heaven, rather than man's wisdom.
I'm not being arrogant. I have one drop, one real drop of something real, in an ocean of the knowledge of God. I thought I knew a lot, turns out I didn't. It's because Jesus is increasing, and I am decreasing. Let God be bigger than your own head.
The "church" is people. It's not an organization. It's not a building with programs. I am the church. You are the church. We are free. I need no formal education to love. I need no Master of Divinity degree to love well. I need no man's authority to give me permission or oversee my love blessing my neighbor, or family and friends. You need those things for institutions. For business. For the "church marketplace."
Jesus is the head. There is one head. One good shepherd.
Going to an institution, is not the same as having a relationship with your creator. I'm not saying it's evil. I'm saying it isn't the same.
There may come a day, when we can't meet in an Institutional setting. Or speak the name of Jesus on the street. Or buy a bible. If you think that limits anything God wants to do I feel sorry for you. Your God is not powerful. My Jesus has no such limitations.
I can feed people, love people, meet their needs. I can show them Jesus with every act of kindness, every act of love and care. It's His job to build his church. Let him.
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