Something clicked with me last week. A subtle revelation was revealed that helped put the many pieces of the puzzle that God has been revealing to me (and us) over the past year or so. It all started with my brother years and years ago – with signs and wonders and messages about church and the return of Christ. Then over a year and a half ago, I began to hear the same messages from James and Meeso. More than coincidence. The Lord at work.
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Now a year plus later, we are worshiping the Lord together every week, seeking after Him in a new context – the home church setting – enjoying Him, learning, getting trained, getting healed of many things and expecting further revelation and his purposes for us in this season of life.
I pondered our relationship with other “churches” or bodies of worship that gather in more traditional settings. How can I explain what I do to my friends or other Christians? How do I choose where to go for church? First, being a Christian is not about “where I should commit the next year or 5 years” in terms of church. Like with all things, as one is maturing in a relationship with Christ, the question becomes, “where does the Lord want me to be?” with the understanding that the Lord can reveal new directions at anytime. The trick is to be discerning every day. God is preparing his church and in mercy and grace he uses the Church, he has clearly revealed that he is “cleaning house”.
He still loves the church and that is why he is cleaning house… he won’t “bless” the church as it is forever, for as the end approaches, 1 Peter 4:17 says that judgement starts with the house of God.
For me, it is a matter of being responsible with the revelation we are given. We have been given information, credible witnesses have testified to us about these things, and if God is behind it, we should “listen” and prayerfully obey.
So is our church “better”? The answer is no, there is no better, only the will of the Lord. Our gathering is a calling. I realize that our specific time now is to meet with those being led out of the traditional (and or dead) churches and to learn how to do home church. We’re learning how the church should operate without the walls and time limits of a 1.5 hour church service. We’re learning how to pray for one another and become trained in the gifts of the holy spirit. We’re learning how to heal one another. The Lord showed me that we still have a while longer to go in order for Him to show us what we need to learn and experience. Until then I’m committed to following His will.
Should we judge other churches? No. Only God has that right. But if our friends do not have a clear calling one way or another, let them be, love them, worship and pray with them, share with them the things the Lord teaches you (use wisdom, not everything revealed is for everyone to know right away). Go where God is leading you.
The Lord showed me that others may join us, but that could just mean that there are others experiencing the same thing as us or God may indeed send others to physically join us. Regardless, the Lord gives the revelation and interpretation belongs to him.
I hope what I wrote encourages you all. Be bold and do not grow weary. He will lift you up on wings as eagles.
See you all soon!
Peace, Mark
Thank you for sharing, Mark. I praise the Lord for the unity of the Spirit which is made evident in the sameness in the revealed truth to all of us who earnestly seek him. Our God is truly awesome!
It is truly a blessing to be witnesses of the new things our God is now doing. He is once again revealing himself to be living and active… not to mention deeply personal. Many today worship what they do not understand. And in so doing, they have created a form of worship they do understand – which is not from the Lord. The Holy Spirit who lives in us testifies to the grave errors of much of today’s so-called worship.
The Lord, however, in his his infinite grace and mercy, is awakening some to rebuild the fallen tent of David- to receive once again the meaning of true worship. God is Spirit, so we must worship in spirit. That is precisely what the Lord is doing now with us. It is truly an amazing journey.
And it is altogether humbling – that he should choose such weak vessels for such grand a mission. We are made painfully aware that it is nothing in and of oureselves that we can boast of – but completely the grace of God. We are therefore in no position to speak of others to whom this truth has not yet been revealed. We can only live daily in obedience to the small things, not being concerned with matters too great or wonderful for us (Psm 131).
Anything worth doing is worth doing well. There is nothing of greater worth than what the Lord does. And we should be completely at peace with the amount of time it will take to heal us and to restore us. The refiner’s fire must be painful and slow-going (otherwise, can we really truly call it fire?) Even so, we are all the more encouraged as we witness the hand of God at work in the little things every day.
Truly there is no other like our God. His name is lifted above all other names.
Sorry this is so long… didn’t quite intend it that way.