The Question Matters
What…? Why…? These two questions have brought a lot of
discussion in staff meetings. So many
times we get so caught up in the “what” that we never stop and ask “why”. It is easy to ask “what are we going to do
this summer.” That question usually has
easy answers as well. However, “why” is
a lot more important. When all we do is
look at what we do and not why we do it we are endanger of being like the
Pharisees. The Church does not exist for
us to stay busy. The Church exists for
us to accomplish the vision given to us by God.
A great example in Scripture is the story Jesus tells about
giving. The Pharisees gave lots of money
and did it in public for everyone to see their generosity. The widow gave just a mite. She gave all she had in secret in obedience
to God. The Pharisees did a good thing
in giving but the reason they gave was condemned by Jesus. They had the same problem in their prayer
life as they would stand in the streets and yell their prayers so everyone
could hear.
I do not want Eastern Heights to be guilty of doing good
things for the wrong reasons. As we go
through the summer and next fall the leadership of our church is asking the
question “why”. We want everything we do
to be something that helps us accomplish the vision given to us by God.
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