Monday, April 28, 2008
That which is untrue
Isaac Hunter is the lead pastor of Summit Church in Orlando Florida. Summit has been in existence for 6 years and is now worshipping around 1900 people weekly. Isaac Hunter based his presentation on whether or not to start a church on the story of Gideon. It was a phenomenal session but there was one thing that stood out to me more than anything else. God calls Gideon to deliver his people. Gideon can't believe it; he doesn't think that there was anyway this was possible. Gideon responds to God in Judges 6:15 " 'But Lord,' Gideon asked, 'how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manaseh, and I am the least in my family.'" Gideon not only thinks that his people are weak, but thinks he is the weakest among them! Hunter's response to this verse was spot - on. That which isn't only untrue, but even incomprehensible is not only true but is unavoidable when spoken by God or Jesus. When God or Jesus speaks the untrue becomes true, the impossible is possible. Peter felt so inadequate and such a failure, however, once Jesus called him out he stepped into the role. Mary, a virgin, had a child. Noah built an ark for a flood in a land which hadn't had rain. As leaders of new communities, what and where we feel inadequate will become possible through the power of Jesus Christ.
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I have found in my relative young experience in the Lutheran church that many are distant from the notion that God can equip His people to do His work. The focus is too much on the gifts we have ingrained in us with our creation as compared to the gifts that God can bless us with to do His work after the fact.
Maybe its time that we started talking about getting in tune with our responsibility as individuals within the body of Christ to further His kingdom and trusting that Gos will make it happen through us. We just need to be ready and willing to respond to that call.
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