"When you're ready, come before your King..."

Last Saturday night Pastor Tom spoke these words during his opening prayer... "When you're ready, come before your King." The context was that he was inviting the congregation to take part in communion... to take a moment and come before God in adoration.

The weight of his words floored me instantly...

What King, in any place, in any time, ever... would patiently wait for his people to come before his throne? In the eyes of humanity this would be ridiculous. That's the whole point of being a king, right? You speak, they act. You call, they come. You rule, they obey.

But once again, I sat in the presence of my God, astonished at His upside down Kingdom. One in which a Rabbi washes His disciples feet. One is which God becomes a baby. One in which the first shall be last, and the last shall be first...

A Kingdom in which THE King patiently waits for His people.

How crazy...
How upside down...
How just like Jesus...

THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM?

Unless you are a theology student or grew up a Presbyterian, you probably have no idea what the title of this post is all about. It's about the fact that i am so blessed to lead this ministry with a bunch of young adults who love Jesus, love each other, and love life. It is so awesome to spend time with you guys fellowshiping, studying, praying, and LAUGHING!!!

Over 360 years ago a bunch of people in Scotland that loved Jesus sought to understand a lot of important things about our faith... the first and foremost question they had was "What is the chief end of man?" or more simply "Whats the point of life?" They came up with an amazing answer that changed The Church forever...

"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever."

This means a few things for us...
1. Our whole lives are about knowing and worshiping God!
2. We get to be with Him For-Ev-Er!!!
3. God, and the life that He created, is to be enjoyed!
We don't have to get entrapped into religion and legalism! Jesus is about redemption and freedom. I believe firmly that we can glorify God in our words and actions... and ENJOY the amazing blessing of life!

So what you think?

Soapbox?

Why do we as people so often jump on our soapbox hobby horse ideas? It seems that everyone has some issue, some sin, some annoyance… That they want to shove down peoples throats. So often, we as Christians, speak of loving people… But does the world know us by our love, I don’t think so. It’s a struggle to put our own ideas of how people should act aside and just love them… It’s not our default. Cause guess what… We’re the sinners.
If Jesus had a soapbox, it was telling the religious people that thought they had their stuff together that they were indeed lost and not even looking in the right direction. We have one major calling as The Church, to Love. To be Christ to the world. Everything else is minor, all the other issues are subplots. How funny that I continue trying to climb up onto a soapbox, while Jesus climbs down to the gutters. When all is said and done… Will I be known for my love?

Who we are... and seek to be...

Faith, Community, Wisdom, Service

We are striving to be firmly planted on the Solid foundation of Jesus

We are striving to become a Solid community of believers.

We are striving to have a Solid understanding of Gods Word.

We are striving to be Solid, active participants in God’s Kingdom.