In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus. “These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they are nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold.” “What channel do you want?” asks Linus. Turning away, he looks at his fingers and says, “Why can’t you guys get organized like that?”
A church body that is organized is not as administratively powerful as a church as a people powerful church. The administration of a church body is always done through the love for the people.
"By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:35)
As we grow as a church and desire to remain administratively strong it is so important to remember that church is about people. People are to used as a means to an end, they are the end (in Christ). Jesus said that He came to save the lost.
Our hearts must be open to work with people that are not always thinking like we are in every situation. We must learn to love and place people in the body of Christ where the greatest use of their passion we be required. Where they will come to their full potential in Christ.
I thank the Lord for His church as it grows in number and depth. Royal Heights is a great church because it is filled up with a diversity of people who desire to live their lives before the King.
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