If you are a thief anywhere near the Canton, GA area…I would strongly advise refraining from illegally obtaining, borrowing, or rearranging any gear that belongs to Revolution Church.
I follow these guys a lot and think they are doing an incredible work for Jesus! It’s nice to see they have a little bite to their bark! Click below to read what happened…
Hey here’s a pretty cool idea for a series we will be doing late summer called “Got Questions?” The premise is simple, ask a question about the Bible or God that you would like to know the answer to. We will address the top questions during this series.
You can go to this page to submit your questions.
In this day and age of increasing quality and bandwidth of media delivery, we are a far cry from the days of broadcast TV reception and rabbit ear antennas being the norm. Usually then only time we have to face those bleak circumstances is when we are in a remote location or staying at a really cheap hotel!
I remember the days of broadcast TV and only having the “Big 3″ networks. Even then, when you would change the channel it was usually fuzzy and you would have to adjust the antennae to make it clear (we always got 4 and 7 fine, but 13 was never quite right!).
I think that’s precisely what happens to us spiritually sometimes. We get in our routine of “channels” of communication in our relationship with Jesus - and sometimes…the reception gets a little fuzzy. Maybe it’s something specific that’s distracting us, maybe it’s the environmental conditions, or maybe it’s something else altogether. Whatever the reason, the picture just isn’t coming in as clearly as it should - something is interfering with the reception.
We need to adjust our antennas! Sometimes, just the slightest tweak or adjustment can remove the static and bring clarity where it wasn’t before. That’s one of the benefits of my downtime right now. God has used this to bring clarity to a number of things that were just fuzzy before. I have (involuntarily) changed the position of my antennae and my intimacy with Jesus has improved!
It’s not that I was out of sync or couldn’t hear from God before - I had a lot of channels that came in clearly. This is a fresh and clarified perspective in areas that I wasn’t tuned into before. My only regret is that it is through this involuntary situation that my sensitivity meter has been adjusted. What could Jesus have shown me if I had adjusted the rabbit ears earlier? What could he show you?
How many times have you longed for some peace and quiet in the last few days? How often do you find yourself saying things like “there’s just not enough hours in the day” or “I can’t get everything done that needs to be done today”?
I have been laying in basically the same spot for 8 days now since my injury, unable to really do anything. Even maneuvering the computer to be able to type is something of a chore! I have counted the blocks that adorn the crown molding on the entertainment center. I have watched so many things on the History channel that I am an expert in many obscure facts. I have even found patterns in the textured ceiling that I am pretty sure are some sort of hidden code! Trust me, total rest is not all it’s cracked up to be!
Seriously though, I have realized a few things during this time and I thought I would share:
I am not strong in the area of PATIENCE as a general rule anyway. This situation has tested and stretched my limits already and I am sure there is more to come. I am one of the worst I know at accidentally looking past the current situation to the future and that means sometimes missing the message in the moment. Maybe it’s from growth, maybe from repetition, but more likely because I don’t have a choice…but I am seeing some lines in the bigger picture through this…
Clayton King wrote a post this morning that I have not been able to stop thinking about today. His post was titled “What the Church Can Learn From the Boston Celtics” and you can read it fully here. The statements he made from his observations have rolled around in my brain all day today. Of course, I am incapacitated and really can’t do much other than read right now from my injury, but his conclusions are thought provoking nonetheless.
I encourage you to read the full post, but his summary points on how the Celtics were successful and what that means to the church are:
1. Embracing change, not living on legacy
2. Staying hungry, not fat and satisfied
3. Staying faithful, not flashy
4. Keep it simple
We will never, never, ever replace or improve upon the simple yet remarkably insurmountable task of making disciples that Jesus left as his marching orders for us. There is no room for change-resistance, complacency, compromise, or complications.
The time we invest in accomplishing that purpose is really the only investment that yields kingdom dividends. The rest is just wasted effort, tilting at windmills and settling for apparent short term gains that sacrifice the heart and intent of the kingdom focused portfolio.
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