Church today has become deaf and unclear on how to
effectively build people by teaching them who God is and His purpose. For years
the focus has been toward building modern day towers of Babel, where the people
are divided, speaking different doctrines instead of being taught who God is by
narrowing the focus to Him alone. When people are taught more about the
functions of the church and that of the pastors, failure comes in from one’s
lack of accessing extensive exegesis on the Founder of the church and Employer
of ministers. What is wrong with this picture? Too long mega has been a goal in
ministry where thousands gather for service yet after extensive periods of
membership remain stagnant and lack wisdom to walk in dominion. People attend
million dollar facilities but yet are undergoing foreclosure and experiencing
unemployment because they have yet to discover the Gift on the inside of
themselves that will make room on their outside. That Gift is the Holy Spirit.
It is He who reveals the secrets to prosper that once applied, it will make
room. Be it a secret to prosperity, health, or wholeness, He reveals the
secrets to obtaining through the conduit of prayer and fasting. Something is
terribly wrong if the concrete temple is in a better condition than the people
who built and maintain it. Where is this road leading? Focusing on the vantage
point within modern preaching, even the Spirit filled believers are taught as
if they are always under hardship of some sort; distorting the Greatness of
God's image within them. Greater is He within us than he that's in the world (1John
4:4)! Furthermore, what about the victorious church (people); and why are they
overlooked in services outside of their abilities to make significant financial
contributions? In the words of the late Marvin Gaye, "What's going
on?" It's time to wake up, ye who believe! Ministry is purposed to meet
needs not create them; to give water to the thirsty, food to the hungry, clothes
to the naked, and more importantly empower people to be creators as their
Father is in heaven. Do you
KNOW the God you serve? Or have you been indoctrinated into the religious
traditions that nullify the Word of God in your life? More than a conqueror,
which is to say that there are those who conquer and then there are those who
operate over and above that of a simple conqueror. There is a greater dimension
of success waiting with countless positions to be filled but the church must
mature and cease to construct modern towers of Babel. Confusion and stunted
growth will always result when God is not consulted for the custom blueprints
on how to build His people so they know how to effectively reach heaven.