moving with a purpose
Why do we move and have no purpose? Would you wake up in the morning three hours earlier than your normal routine requires simply to sit and stare at a wall? Of course you wouldn’t. It makes no more sense to gather as a congregation of Christ-followers and have no clue why, staring at a wall without purpose.
I remember when my wife (then girlfriend) came to visit me at college. There was a concert on campus one night, and this was a big deal for the college where I was. So, she came up to share the experience with me. After the concert, we were hanging at the coffee shop on campus, and had one of those moments. You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones guys try to pretend they don’t remember and ladies never forget. We were staring at each other, kind of rocking back and forth, and looking giddy to any onlookers, I’m sure. When the moment was kind of drawing to a close I said, “tell me what you’re thinking…” to which my wife replied, “I’m trying to tell you.” Now, as your typical 20 year old, I had no clue how to interpret the secret code. So, I asked a friend of mine in the dorms. He said she was telling me to “move with a purpose”. Good advice then, good advice now.
So, as a church, how often do the average visitors to our churches walk away having no clue what the secret code was they just witnessed. Even further, how often do they wonder at the purpose for the movement. Any movement without purpose it utterly dangerous.
