I Think We Upside-Downed What Was Supposed To Be Upside-Down

When Jesus was on Earth everywhere he went he helped people to see things in a new light, or perhaps in an old light. He took what people knew and turned it upside down, proclaiming that "this is the way of the kingdom of God." He said things tricky to understand like, "the last shall be first and the first shall be last," or "whoever wants to be the greatest must be the servant of all." Things that brought deep question into people's lives followed by bright lights of understanding. He challenged us to see the world as God desired it and not how sin had made it.

The obstacles were large but then he also said that he never meant for us to do these things on our own. We are to walk in partnership with the Holy Spirit living out these kingdom values for ourselves but also challenging and encouraging those around us to be free also. Life and life abundant. Somewhere along the way the church gets things mucked up. What is to be expected?, we are human, it's what we do. But when we are walking in the spirit we also ask for forgiveness, repent and seek to reconcile; asking God to change us and transform us yet again from what we are, into what we are called to be. By his grace he does it, when we humble ourselves.

"The institution has stopped serving the people,
& the people have started serving the institution"
Alan Hirsch quoting
~ A Lutheran Theologian

For too many of the churches I know this is a problem on both the individual and corporate levels. Jesus came and turned the world upside-down and we applauded that. We then kept the motion going and have manged to turn upside-down the world again. Through a long and circuitous route we have found ourselves vouching and fighting for the system that Jesus challenged and turned over. The church is the people, not the building, not the staff and not the institution. It is time for a reawakening to the call of Jesus to live upside-down.

Though we have come from many places, many origins we are now coming together in2one future: the earnest pursuit of God Himself through the application and recognition of the priesthood of all believers.

Are you interested in joining the pursuit and living upside-down?

g-ram