If you were a pole jumper once you cleared 9 feet where would you jump for next? Obviously you would set the bar at 8 feet wouldn’t you? You are saying that’s crazy man you are going down not up. Well to me that defines the church today. We are good at jumping over 9 feet and then we either continue to jump 9 or we move down to 8 1/2. This is why we get no where. Sure you have to train harder and you sweat more BUT the out come is greater when you raise the bar. Go to 9 1/2, 10 , 10 1/2. Keep raising the bar every time and the reward is greater each time.You can only jump over the point the bar is set at? Its time to train a little harder and leap a little higher.
Ufos and church July 5, 2009
My new favorite quote. The church is full of UFO’S ( uncommitted freeloading onlookers) Therefore we must realize that people are under challenged> Johnny Hunt
So what does that mean. To me it means if you are going to do nothing but sit there and wait on Jesus to come back then get up go to the door and never enter a church ever again until you are ready to commit yourself to the full call God has on your life. If we are going to reach people we must quit treating church like a buffet . We are called to serve not be served. It’s not a place for followers of Jesus to go and load up on information. It’s a place for you to bust your freakin’ tail and sweat bleed and die for the cause of Christ. If you aren’t going to do that and you are a christ follower then there’s the door. It’s not a place to “hang out” not that it’s all bad but it’s not why it exist. The church is called to go use our gifts to reach as many possible. Unless you can show me in the bible where sitting on your backside is a spiritual gift then it’s time to get to work. It’s time we get rid of ufo’s.
