The church is not relevant when we're trying to catch up with society, the church becomes relevant when we move to transform society by making them catch up with us...
Meaning: We say that we are the children of the most creative being that ever existed (God), that our Father is supernaturally creative. Yet 90% of the time we're trying to do what's already been done, instead of allowing the amazing creativity of God moving through us to move us beyond what's been done & give space for society to transform to catch up to us, We move to catch up with something that's already been done. It doesn't take as much faith to replicate what's been done, as it does to get out of the boat & move into a realm of supernatural creativity where you rely on God, not man, where you're inspired by Him not them. If we moved to the forefront, using God inspired creativity, when they ask "where did you get this idea?" You can glorify God.
Might I add, that the first ever instance recorded in the Bible where people were filled with the Spirit was in Exodus 31, where God filled a man with His spirit to CREATE ART! The church should be the most creative group of people on the Earth, because our ideas come from Heaven! Did you get that, literally, our ideas are out of this world. It's a difference of being transformed & not conformed. Transformers transform, that's what we're called to do. The only "model for success" we should follow is the one hand tailored by God for us. That's what Jesus did, He said, I only Say what I hear from my Father, I only do what I see from Him. Jesus had a model to follow & His crowds had people like Zaccheus climbing trees just to see Him, His words changed nations, transformed hearts & brought new life into hopeless people. If you want to draw a crowd, ask God for your ideas & not someone else.
Today, ask God to speak to you about this, ask Him what ideas He has for you..
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
― Wayne Gretzky
"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship."
― God
