When policies and procedures matter more than people, your church has lost it's focus. I read this quote today and thought, you know, this could not be more true. This is one of the very reasons we have determined that the Lord's desire for us it to be more about His business with His Blood Warriors. By no means are we weekend warriors. I ride to work every day on Haze and while Chas is not permitted to ride the Mistress for work, he often meets me at work and we ride home together. However, we have not had the time nor opportunities we would have liked to have had over the past thirteen years to really go into the highways and hedges to compel people to come to Christ as we would have liked. It is our intent to visit friends at a local church and, if the Lord desires, we will become a part of that or some other fellowship. We fully understand the need for a church home and a church family for the spiritual health of our own family. In seeking to affix ourselves to a fellowship of believers, we intend to keep our focus first and foremost on Him, then on people. It is further our intent to totally shake off the bondage of policies and procedures. There are some things that are essential, like Christ and Him crucified, buried, and resurrected. However, we desire to get away from the policies and procedures that often choke the very life from a body. If I could challenge anyone who reads this, I would challenge you to be more about Christ, His word, and His desire to have others reached for His kingdom. The time of the service, the order of the service, the clothes worn to the service, etc. are irrelevant in the equation. Sadly, those things are on the forefront of too many churches and the 'leaders' who 'have 'been there since...' According to the quote at the beginning of this post, the church where policies and procedures are more than important than people has lost its focus. Now, many of those very institutions' 'leaders' ie deacons, etc. would argue that they are concerned with people and that they must have things a certain way. Yet, they will often have absolutely no Biblical backing for their stance other than some legalistic remarks about what 'church is supposed to be.' Yet, many of said 'leaders' will push to make 'church' what they perceive. It sometimes makes me wish I were a part of the first century church when the apostles were focused on the Lord, His word, fellowship, and people. The best way for us (Chas & me) to be like that is to be involved heavily with LAHBW. Now, I realize that you may not be a member of LAHBW, or HBW, or even a biker, but if you are a believer, I urge you to be as 'first century' as possible in all you do. Don't allow policies and procedures matter more than people. Don't lose your focus!
AuthorMy name is Sonja. I am known as Road Rash, for obvious reasons. I have been a member of His Blood Warriors since 1996 I served as Secretary of LAHBW since the charter began in February 2002. In October, I became International Secretary and currently serve in that position. Archives
June 2012
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