God’s ministers have progressed from asking God to heal the sick to them healing the sick in the name of Jesus; from passivity to activity; from prepared sermons to prophetic preaching; from rehearsed liturgy to spontaneous expression; from acquired knowledge to impromptu revelation; from cerebral logic to intuitive understanding; from static structures to dynamic networks; and from believing that “God moves in mysterious ways” to a revelation of those mysteries in the writings of the apostle Paul.
In the process, the pendulum of God’s sovereignty becomes balanced with our responsibility. The Passover emphasis on Redemption is now correctly perceived as preceding the experience of Pentecost, and God’s acceptance not only as a destination but also as the beginning of a journey.
It’s time that we got off the back foot and onto the front foot — both individually and corporately! As church members and as churches!
No longer does “Left Behind” refer only to the name of a futuristic movie on the Rapture but also to the uncertain future of a church that rejects change. Would you like to be doing for 1,000 years in Christ’s World Kingdom what you are doing in your present life — whether in business, or study or in ministry? It’s good to be spiritual but why not also be aspirational?