Today’s Thought “True Conversion” G. Ward

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.” Acts 9:13-15

 

The drudgery in a group of pastors meeting together contrasts the secularism of business managers convening at a sales meeting. Rarely will one share the actuality in production. While church decline is generally attributable to the pastor’s neglect in so-called “vision” response from congregants wane. Vision in this case is about 5% spiritual vs. 95% tactics involving growth mechanisms outside the realm of “equipping the saints for the work in ministry.” When any spiritual leader prioritizes imposing their charisma along with Holy God’s message, it becomes opportunity for congregants to be tagged more a seeker that looks for the most exciting venue available within their hedonistic scope. Furthermore the insatiability in their search translates empty pursuits, entirely exhausting; and the modern day preacher (although regarded as most intelligent) fails at true ambassadorship.

The Ananias’ of the world doubt the usefulness in some prospects based on such horrid practices in religion that lends an unfortunate tag in despair. I’m inclined (not in despair) towards believing that the majority of those reading this thought are like the predominance of our congregants who have been members (of our local fellowship) that rarely (if ever) frequent our mid-week services and struggle on most Sunday mornings with attending worship services, while shouting from the rooftops, “He’s my Lord!” He’ll use you when total surrender is your mantra…

Happy Thursday!