If someone asked you to describe your church to them, what would you say? For a lot of people, when they are faced with this question, the first thing that they think/ talk about is the physical building itself. But really, the Church is the people! The church is a collection of people involved in Kingdom minded mission and ministry. The building cannot do the work of visioning, but the people of God can.
Therefore, as the people of God, we need to be asking ourselves what God is calling us to dig deeply into. Why has God rooted us in this particular community? How are we called to be the hands and feet of God, right here and right now?
Sometimes before we start the working of visioning with God - seeking after God's face and will and way for us as a particular body of Christ in a particular place, we need to ask for forgiveness. To be reconciled to God for the times we have failed to be the church. For the times we have sought our own comfort and way instead of God's way.
Other times, we may need to be honest to God about what we fear - that we will do all the hard work of listening and no one will come. That we will feel as if we failed.
It is only once we are reconciled to God that we can start to actually listen to God and let God's heart for this community become our heart. Let start this week by praying and listening.
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