Empire or Kingdom?
We've seen an age of corporations and organizations that have perfected the skill of building their own Empires. The vertical alignment of vision, culture and mission has been refine and perfected to amazing results.
But now we are in an age where the small can act big, and the big small through learning to work horizontally. Doing that requires being aware of one's weaknesses, strengths and purpose to know where you best fit in the picture, instead of trying to be the whole picture. Now is a time in the church when we need to ask ourselves if we are willing to sacrifice our empire to help strengthen the kingdom, what we call the global church - the body of Jesus. Is our vision grand enough to find the humility to partner with others?Are we confident enough in who God is calling us to be, to just be that in well positioned platforms?Are we willing to move from getting credit to being a part of a larger contribution to the world? If our generation can find our confidence in God, and the humility of awareness I believe we can see an age of unity and renewal in the world unlike anything we've seen. I also believe that if our generation stumbles into finding confidence in the building of our own platforms and the hubris of thinking we could grow one thing large enough to make global impact on its own, we will see division and disillusionment in our faith at a staggering measure.
