Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Church!?


Isn’t it where ever the Life (Spirit) of God is allowed room to define us humans, maybe that is at that moment, the ‘church.’
We hate the seemingly ambiguity of a description like that, we want to bag and tag it, have control over it, heck I think I just might have described how the religious mind would try and define it.

Rather than by His grace staying open and malleable to His life in us, the father of lies and religion is always present to get us to heed his lies and to be conformed to this present age.
It’s interesting although according to Scripture; “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son,” and our once being by nature children of wrath, sons of disobedience, the subtle covert tactics and lies of our enemy Satan, is still very able to speak into our thoughts soliciting our voluntary consent to him and getting us to set out on a course of establishing church life.

Of course this depiction of so called ‘church life’ is a mutated fabrication rooted in nothing more than an outer form where self can freely worship Satan disguised as us through our fleshly thinking.
Long before there was ever an outer expression, or building representing what has become known as a ‘church,’ it was already formed in the heart and imagination of the fleshly minded man.

In my opinion the true church Jesus is establishing is so very free to move unimpeded amongst this world filled with dead men walking, because it is for all intents and purposes totally unobtrusive, it has no ulterior or hidden agenda to solicit any fanfare or self recognition, there is no longer any need for personal validation. Talk about flying in the face of all that would masquerade itself trying to be acknowledged, passing itself off as the ‘church.’

The continued glorious and amazing work of grace within the inner sanctuary of the motives and heart intents, inside those who see themselves no longer restricted to the box of organized religion, are being awakened to see that the father of lies has not relinquished his determined strategy of trying to keep us bound to the Matrix of religion until we go to be with the Lord.

My hearts cry is for continued sobriety, the wind and breath of His spirit dispelling within us that which we are unknowingly ready to act upon and trying to establish just another religious form, sadly called “the church!”

Rich

7 comments:

Tracy Simmons said...

Rich, what a powerful statement this is from you: "... it has no ulterior or hidden agenda to solicit any fanfare or self recognition, there is no longer any need for personal validation."

I am so weary of seeing the need so many have for validation, attention, and praise, etc. It shows the emptiness of most people, doesn't it?

Well said, as always!

Rich said...

Tracy,

I always appreciate your thought filled and gracious remarks.

That emptiness of which you speak of is going to be Filled one way or another..as I put it in a new entry on my other blog, it is in our spiritual DNA to know Him, to miss out on this is to miss out on the Best!

I NO longer ever think of ministry or being USED of the Lord, it saddens my heart in remembering how I so sought after this. Now in becoming more and more complete in His daily love for me, I am free to BE is son, Richard, to the world I live in, and in so being, my trust is that my heavenly Father is able to do all He has purposed to do in and through me without ever bothering my head one bit about what He is accomplishing.

Tracy Simmons said...

Rich, I can so relate. I used to think it was so spiritual when I or others "just wanted to be used by the Lord." Oh, gag! ;-)

Meant to tell you that I'm making my way through the William Landon book on Life. That is one great book and is hitting me right where I need it. I'm so glad you told me about it....more in the future on that!

Rich said...

Tracy,

My friend and brother Bill Landon is just that a wonderful friend and brother, we have nothing, we see nothing apart from the miracle of His grace opening previously law crusted eyes and oh the Wonder of this One who proudly calls us by name, Rich, Bill, Tracy, my precious sons and daughters!

It thrills me to no end knowing Papa is doing the leading, causing an inner knowing in you, knowing it IS your birth-right to KNOW Him, the Father of your spirit.
I look forward to hearing of some of those things if permitted, the sweet full of life words He has spoken to Tracy!

Tracy Simmons said...

Rich, one thing that is becoming crystal clear to me is that while I'm getting it with my head, I really need a spirit revelation. Otherwise, I'm dead in the water :). All I can do there, though, is ask and wait to receive!

Rich said...

Tracy,

What I saw in your words was; in making bread, you can have all of the right components there in the bowel, all mixed together, but without the yeast factor, it will be a dough ball, not a beautiful loaf of delicious bread.
Coming into contact with this heavenly yeast will make clear to us the One has been working powerfully, but unobtrusively in us moment by moment!

Tracy Simmons said...

That is such perfect analogy, Rich. And I cannot provide the yeast but must wait on Him for His timing. I'm feeling impatient on some days and full of patience on others!