The Hope of the World
My church, Elevation, has been in the middle of a 12 day revival called Code Orange Revival and man has God showed up each night as we have met with Him and been willing to receive His word. I know for me personally I have been wrecked for the Gospel and that God is birthing things in me during this season that will impact my ministry for the rest of my life. I am so blessed to be planted in such an amazing House where I am challenged by the leadership, taught by amazing pastors, and truly able to experience God in a personal way.
All of these things got me thinking again about something I would probably not have completely thought was the case a few years ago and it is this…
The Local Church is the Hope of the World
People say this all of the time but so often they say it and then 3 weeks later they are “shopping” for a new church or they say it and never actually get planted in one place long enough to experience the life giving community that is found here. Now I’m not saying my church is perfect by any means because we are all sinners and so therefore perfection is not obtainable but what I am saying is that as a believer and disciple of Christ it is vital to be planted in the Church and to be planted in a community of believers that challenge you, pray for you and push you to seek God’s best for your life. The Church is the only thing Jesus ever built and it is the plan for redeeming the world.
No believer can go through life and survive without being part of the Body. It does not matter where you get planted whether it is contemporary, traditional, small, big or whatever all that matters is that as a follower of Christ we are connected to a local body of Believers who are teaching truth, pursuing the heart of God and believing that we have a great work to accomplish in this earth so that all may come to know the precious name of Jesus.
Our hope is found in Christ and the Church is His way of proclaiming it to the world!
