Priorities in the Light of Day
As I have thought about priorities for Enon Chapel in the previous posts, I realize that I have not broken a lot of new ground. I have just rehearsed the truths and dynamics which are the focus of our calling. That is necessary, once in a while, much like a veteran football team returns to the practice field to run plays they already know in preparation for the “big game” next week. But there is a danger in doing so.
The danger exists that we will become routine in thinking about holy things and will begin to devalue them because our familiarity has made us take them for granted.
“Yeah, yeah, we know that. We don’t need to work there anymore. We are already doing a good job with that discipline. We need something that is more exciting. Can't we put in some new plays?”
The biggest threat to following a God-sized vision for the future is pride, self satisfaction, and self absorption. We already feel that we have it all together. We are proud of our accomplishments in the past and forget that there is still a world out there that needs Christ.
More people are being born into this world every day than are being born into the Kingdom of God and we sit idly by congratulating ourselves on the good job we have done. We love to practice and rehearse the truths of God and mess around with every new fad of church life, but we never leave the practice field (the church house) and get out into the game. How ridiculous is that?
