Let’s say Burger King was a church, and they promoted it like so:
Have it your way.
How cool would that be? A church that’s done entirely my way.
Isn’t this how most of us want things?
My parking space, my seat, my temperature, my day of the week, my hours of operation, my type of music at my volume, my light show (or lack of), my desired set design, my version of the bible, my preferred speaking pastor, my option to give, take, serve and come and go as I please.
I imagine a church where I could have everything my way would be a very small, and very empty church, because after just one week of me doing everything by myself, I’d be ready to find another church or quit going altogether.
This is what makes working for a church tricky.
You want people to want to come and get connected. You want people to want to help people take their next step toward Jesus. You just want them to want to… and to not want everything their own way. Not because you think your way is always perfect, but because you’re trying to make sure the things you do to engage people are biblically sound and help point people to Jesus, otherwise it’s all simply a matter of personal preference. And we can’t all have that at the same time.
In John 10:10, Jesus tells the people, A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest. Doesn’t following someone like that sound so much better than trying to have everything my way?
I think so.
