I-God

I recently read a blog that asked the question, “What if Steve Jobs made Disciples?” Now, first on the outside chance you do not know who Steve Jobs is, he is co-founder, chairman, & former CEO of Apple. He has had too many achievements and honors to mention here, but suffice it to say he is both successful and influential in ways that most of us cannot even dream of. Let me also say this is not about running the Church like a business, it’s about being innovative in the Church like Steve Jobs was at Apple. If my memory is correct, Jesus led like that! Jobs is known for things like thinking outside the box, not following current trends, equipping others to lead, having an enormous vision, and hiring only the best, just for starters. I would also say whether it was his tactics or something else, Steve Jobs has made millions and millions of “disciples” of Apple products during his tenure there. So how does that translate to us in the Church? Well, first of all, our product (Jesus) is much better and more needed than any Apple product. What if we stopped trying to cram God into our little boxes and started to think like Jesus? What if we followed practices outlined in the Bible instead of the newest program used by another church across town? What if we truly equipped leaders by giving them a job AND the authority to do that job? What if we had a God-sized vision…you know something that only God could accomplish in/thru us? And what if we did the very best we could do whenever we did something for God…instead of making excuses for our lackadaisical approach to Church? What would happen? I’m guessing Jesus might be the hottest thing since the I-Pad, or I-Phone, or I-Pod, or the Mac…the real question is, “Why don’t we?”