meditatio at the water's edge

Trying to figure it out? That phrase seems to be the one thing that we are doing these days. It seems to be the thing that so many young churches are trying to do these days.

Last night Joel McClure pondered what might happen when we finally all "figure it out." This morning I want to suggest something that I will revisit later. Perhaps we never figure it out. Perhaps we never have a big vision of water's edge. Perhaps we don't have a five year plan. Perhaps this is a more biblical approach to being God's church than all of the church leadefship stuff we have read and swallowed over the past ten years. Perhaps God is calling his people to follow him day by day, hanging out with him, loving the brothers and sisters that he gave us, loving people who are not yet in the camp by loving the strangers and aliens within our midst.

I'm not currently down on the idea of vision or considering the future. It's just that God loves to mess with our ideas, and maybe we are learning to acknowledge the movement of God's hand. Perhaps it is time to stop figuring it out?

Did Adam have a vision? Did Abraham have a five year plan? Did Moses really have gifts of leadership? Did Paul forsee the future of the works of his hand, both good and bad? Did...? Let's keep loving God. Let's keep loving one another and learn to do it better. Let's stop being overly concerned about where we are going and simply acknowledge that God is in full control of this rocket ship and let God do the day to day leading.

Blessings!