We did a car wash at our school today as a fundraiser for our upcoming retreat. My friend was holding up a sign advertising what we had to offer and I was motioning toward the road to get there. We were energetic and smiling, but hardly any cars followed my direction. Only few simply ignored our existence, many waved and smiled, then continued on to their previously set destination. Standing there I started to think. Lately I've been reading a lot in books that talk on how the church has turned into more of a club then what it is suppose to be; a spreading wildfire. Have we turned into people with signs saying, "Here He is! Look, look at Him! Here He is!" And that's it?
Let me explain: imagine we had done the car wash off the side of the road. More people would be attracted. They would see what a wonderful job we were doing and desire the same clean shimmer to be on their cars. Instead of doing this we only had signs. The place where we actually washed the cars was completely out of view, how could they know what to expect? One car wash is hardly like any other.
As the church, and furthermore, as Christians have we just turned into signs? We're not showing how truly awesome and powerful this One we're "advertising" is. We keep Him out of view, thinking maybe they'll get curious. Secret clubs aren't attractive, nor are they what Christ meant for us to become. Jesus already told us to be a light, He told us that they would know us by our love (not by the sign we have on our t-shirt or car). We represent a God of transformation, not stagnation.
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