I'm sick and it is late! Some Rant & Some Rave

I'm sick of the smoke screen we employ when it comes to doing and being the church! Any of you have this problem?

It is a trap of Satan to get us to focus on the model of our church because as we focus on the model (which is highly westernized and influenced) the mission is often lost, slowed and even destroyed by our own blindness. It's (WHAT) we do and how we live that is more important than the how! Mission is clear! The Vision is about how we fulfill the mission of Jesus. Program it, if you wish, but beware of sloppy fruit and ineffective reproduction over the long haul. We tried the old and it failed. Now let's grab the hands of Jesus and put our feet in His footsteps!

What I thought was right, ended up being wrong! What have you (we) learned along the way. Let's bury the model as the most important thing follow the Scriptural mandates. Is anyone that brave? When God does something it is permanent! When we do it, I am finding it is like wiping the fog off the mirror. Instead we almost worship the model and make the mission secondary, if even that!

Anyone with me on letting God have full control and letting Him make all the decisions? We must never allow those who seek to live in confrontation, anger, and distrust even have a voice. Jesus is our voice and what cannot be done with order and love, need not have much impact. I say all this because congregations are full of leaders who lead out of control and not out of the spiritual depth of their hearts. Am I the only one who ever faced a church boss and lost?

In my past life, I would never show up to Church without a sermon. Anyone else like me? What do you think God would do with absolute trust (without fear and trembling) in what only He could do. Then, what would God's people have to say? Could it be, that it is more about Jesus than it is about us? Do we really think we can do it better in our own strength?

The model or the style or the whatever is not the main task of the church! The mission is! Have we lost our way and am I right to assume that the model has become more important?