Tuesday, October 20, 2009

He's Still God!

I have listened and re-listened to Dr. Robinson’s address at Forged In the Fire…if you haven’t, I hope you will soon, it’s at the end of yesterday’s blog…and she repeatedly compares conditions in John Wesley’s day (late 1700’s) to conditions in our day and it would seem we haven’t learned a thing! The almost-Christian, the struggle with money, the poor and oppressed, effectively sharing the Good News and more…we struggle with these issues, believers in Wesley’s day struggled with these issues, followers in Jesus’ day struggled with these issues…what’s going on? Have we learned nothing? Are we so focused on self that we are rendered ineffective? Are we so distant from the Holy Spirit that we are impotent? Can we really expect to do anything about these things…after all Jesus told us that the poor will always be with us…or are we making great strides for the Kingdom unable to fully recognize the progress this side of eternity? This very well may be one of those glass half-full/half-empty situations. I don’t know the answer, but I do think that we must quit the gloom and doom talk and begin to speak life over our churches and those around us, believing that God wants us to move forward. Seems too many churches (of many denominations) are hopelessly stuck, struggling just to survive. We have access to the greatest power in existence yet we lack the faith to believe that God can work in our world.

No comments: