Sunday, February 3, 2008

GETTING FED

Steven Furtick pastors a really cutting edge church in Charlotte, NC called Elevation Church. This church is "blowing up!" They're about to celebrate their 2nd birthday and God has already used them to touch thousands in the city of Charlotte. Yea, God!

Steven is "on fire." You can check his blog for yourself at Steven Furtick.

Some time ago Steven had this post on his blog. As a pastor of more than 20 years, it really resonated with me. It hits really hard. But if you're up to the Jack Nicholson challenge and you "can handle the truth," well, here's some challenging words from Steven Furtick.


GETTING FED

Proverbs 26:15, The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

What a great picture of nominal, noncommittal church attendees!

We all know that one of top 3 reasons people leave churches is the (infamous) claim: “I wasn’t getting fed there.”

Maybe you weren’t. Or maybe the church set the table, presented the bread of life, and you were too stinking lazy to bring it back to your mouth, chew it, swallow, and digest it, like a big boy.

You know, I don’t mind helping my 2 year old eat his Easy Mac. But if he can’t pick up a fork and bring the food to his mouth by age 20, we have a problem.

Churches are filled with those who have known Christ for decades, and still need a bib, a high chair, and want Daddy to do “open wide, here comes the airplane” tricks with the fork before shoving it into their mouths.

I try to serve up the Word, hot and fresh every single Sunday. But if you refuse to apply it, study your Bible and pray some during the week, join a small group and dig deeper with others… If you refuse to bring it back to your mouth, I can’t help you.

Get your own fork, and learn to feed yourself. Stop burying your hand in the dish and spitting out every thing that doesn’t give you a spiritual sugar high. Eat some vegetables. Serve. Pray. Practically apply the Bible to your life.

And I’ll keep cooking…
Steven Furtick, Elevation Church


Wow! Don't know about you, but I'm picking up my fork, spoon and knife and about to sit down and eat for myself!

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