A Challenging Thought

I was reading a blog the other day by Mark Batterson and there was a quote that I read that challenged me and I wanted to share the quote with you. R. T. Kendall said, " The greatest opposition to what God is doing today comes from those who were on the cutting edge of what God was doing yesterday."

This quote challenges the assumption that we can contain what God is doing. It is human nature to try to do what the disciples did at the Transfiguration. To erect a tabernacle and try to make permanent what was meant to be temporary. In Joshua 3:3 the scripture tells us that Joshua instructed the children of Israel to watch the ark of the covenant, which represented the presence of the Lord, and everywhere the ark went they were to remove themselves from the place where they were and go after it. One of the worst things that we can do as a people is try to contain His presence. We are not called to contain His Presence, but we are called to pursue His presence. We need fewer people trying to be trendy and cutting edge and more people trying to listen to the voice of the Spirit and pursue what God is doing today.

I believe that the church should be relevant, but the only way to be relevant is to follow after what God is doing. God's Word is a living book that has instruction for today! We can't live on past experience, but we must press forward for direction today!