subject: All Of Spiritual Maturity In The Bible [print this page] I was taking in the mountains and the trees and the whole picture. I couldn"t help, though, notice certain pockets of the river where the water had become rerouted. It was kind of ugly. Stagnant water with its algae and slime. It was an incredible contrast, the stagnant water against the rushing, vibrant water of the Snake River.
Don"t ever allow anything to reroute you away from the moving mighty river of God"s church and His work. Don"t become stagnant. Don"t become a navel gazer. Don"t become a holy huddler. Don"t become "Us four and no more. It is our Christian clique and you can"t get in. You don"t look like us. Your skin is a different color. You don"t make the money we do. You didn"t go to the same university we did." Don"t go there. Because if that is your deal, there are about 150 churches that will welcome you right around the Metroplex. And if that is you, you are taking up space here. We need the room. And I say that in love; I don"t say that in anger. We want people who serve, who are not stagnant.
Think about spiritual growth. All of spiritual maturity in the Bible is about getting outside of ourselves. It is about praying for one another, building one another up, encouraging one another, sharing with one another.
A couple of months ago, I was feeling stagnant. Yes, I was feeling a little bit stagnant, like I was on the side of the Snake River growing algae. And I thought what was I doing, where was I serving, where helping, where sharing. And I began to step out again in that river and whoom". Don't be on the side. Jump into the river.
Ed Young Lead Pastor says that another set of choices I have jotted down: consistency or convenience. Consistency or convenience. We make no bones about it. Orbit your lives around what goes on here at Fellowship Church.
