Stop Acting Like A Church

Perhaps it is because we, as a church, have been focusing on and intently studying the early church from Acts 2 recently; because we have been looking at the actions of the Apostles, because we have been reading the bold and courageous messages of Peter, John, and Paul, because we have been studying the awesome faith and actions of the first believers, and because we have been reading if how The Church grew and progressed through the power of The Holy Spirit.

Or perhaps it is because I met Dr. John and Peace Nuwagaba this morning and had the privilege of talking with and praying with the two of them; because I heard of the way God is moving in Uganda and East Africa, because I listened to the accounts of the bold faith of the disciples and the church, because I heard about the countless baptisms and life transformations in Uganda. 

Perhaps it is all of this and so much more that has stirred, like never before, my desire to see and be a part of a movement of God - a true and lasting revival, that begins with His people and then reaches far and wide to touch those who have never truely met and never actually felt the presence of Jesus in their lives.

I am so tired of watching the church act in fear and apprehension. I am so tired of watching the church act as though we have no power and no confidence.

It is time that The Church step forward with full faith and full confidence that God is all that He claims He is and that He will do what He says He will do. It is time that The Church step forward with boldness and conviction in the knowledge that we have the power of The Holy Spirit working in us and through us and that we have been equipped with every spiritual gift needed to do God's work. 

It is time we stop acting like the church that the world can accept and we start being The Church that Jesus has called and equipped us to be.