Are You Supporting Your Church Vision?

I first want to touch on Chapter Two of  Proper Attitudes Toward Leadership by Robyn Gool, who asked if we were in the right church. He said that we may be in the wrong church if we can’t connect to the ministry's vision or receive from the pastor. I will tell you that I have been in churches where I knew immediately that I would not fit in. Others took me time to realize that. 

 

Another thing is that when we are not connected to the vision or receiving from the pastor, our blessings are held up. I read recently in another book that when God is ready to unleash His divine blessings on us, and we have moved out of position (or are disobedient), then the ministering angel has to return the blessings to the sender! What a feeling that must be. I don’t ever want to be in that position.

 

Another thing I want to touch on is when Mr. Gool talked about receiving the word from pastors. We, as Christians, have to make sure that what we are hearing and running with is correct. He talked about people who could quote scripture and don’t even know what it means or if it’s correct; they only know that someone in leadership said it.

 

The author also discussed people being led by false leaders. He used Jim Jones, who led millions to their deaths. Mr. Gool said that people also needed to take responsibility for their actions. Like Mr. Gool said, when Judgment Day comes, we can point the finger at the person who told us it was okay, but we’re also going to explain why we did it, knowing what the word said and with the Holy Spirit checking us. 

 

The last thing I want to touch on is when the author talks about Christians supporting the ministry and uses the scripture Haggai 1:7-12. I love that scripture because it makes me understand why people suffer when they do not have to. It also keeps my mind clear that I do not want to be one of those people. I also meditate on Malachi 3:8-10. While typing this, I realized something. In Haggai, the people “have sown much, and bring in little,” and the heavens withheld dew and the earth withheld its fruit, and in Malachi, the people robbed God and had a curse placed on them when they could have had the windows of heaven opened to them, and they would have had more than another. Wow! God is just looking for us to be about His business.