One of the coolest things about family, church family and friends is that everyone’s differences are needed for life to be all God intended it to be. My sister and brother-in-law always host a 4th of July party for our family and friends. A bunch of people come to eat, play games, talk and blow things up. It’s a lot of fun and I look forward to it every year.
This year, after most people had gone home, some of stayed up and talked about life and church and what God says about both. It was then that it struck me how awesome God designed a local body of believers to work together. You take a group of people, with different backgrounds and at different stages of faith, and you get them talking about church events and what encourages the most participation, and with God guiding the discussion, the outcome is really exciting.
Some people make decisions based on what seems logical to them. Others make decisions based on a deep-rooted faith in God and a desire to follow His plan. Sometimes peoples logic contradicts what the Bible says and is wrong. Sometimes people faith becomes too legalistic, too traditional, and it takes a voice with a different view to help them see what really matters to God. It takes all types working together to balance each other out and bring the focus back to what’s important – God’s thoughts and design.
One thing I realized is that the problem facing many churches today is really a problem in the lives of the professing born again Christians. If people who profess a faith in God do nothing to cultivate that relationship, to grow and to allow themselves to be changed by the Word of God and prayer, then they become stagnant and the ministries around them become stagnant.
I don’t profess to have all the answers but I do believe the question people should be asking is “How do we get people personally committed to reading the Bible and prayer?” You need to get the people healthy before you can make the church healthy.
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