I am so torn up inside. I want something worth fighting for. I want to see a church that truly reflects the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. What is the Church? I once heard the church called my mother who is a whore.
The church is like a whore. So full of problems, mismanagement, sin, and all these other sorts of junk that weighs it down, that constricts it, that causes so many people to get disillusioned with it. That hurts people, that causes the gentiles to blaspheme the name of God.
Yet at the same time, the Church is like my mother. The one that has given me life. Without my 'mother' with all her faults, I would not know Jesus. It has been there in my darkest times and pulled me out of the pit.
Yet there is this burning desire in my heart, this tremendous holy discontent to see the Church, universally rise up to what it is called to. A church that preaches the word, boldly, clearly and concisely. A church that loves one another and lays down their lives for each other. A church that brings people into their lives and shares their hope and their warmth with one another. A church that cares about the individual and not the numbers. A church where there are miracles, where lives are changed daily, where people are added to their number each day. Where serving God is a JOY and not a chore.
God please, I beg you, move in YOUR church. Please do something. I don't know how to take it, I don't know how to support when I see so many faults. God I just want to share about you, God I just want to see people come to know Christ. Everything else is secondary. God I want to see YOU glorified, magnified. Loved.
God it's not just about Sunday, it must flow on to our daily lives. There must be an opportunity where the Church can act as the body of Christ. Where it can truly be the hands and the feet. God there is no point in a church that solely focus's on Sunday. There must be a church that brings people into their lives, that loves, edifies, builds. God there must be true friendship and fellowship built up. A sharing of lives and love.
God please have mercy on us. God give us wisdom. Lord, help me to grow in my patients and humility.
Jesus. I need, I want, I live for You.
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