Church Politics and freedom

Last night Trev and I went out with a couple of our youth! What a great time we had talking about worship, vision, etc. We came away so blessed! These youth have so much to give, so much wisdom, even insight on who God is to them. We were so encouraged! It grieves me when adults think youth are just youth, They are so much more! There is so much more to them then what we think. Adults don't give teens enough credit. If you know some youth..then I encourage you go hang out with them, get to know them, you will be so blessed!

It was intresting because we started talking about Church politics and you know I found this verse about politics....which is silly, but unfortunatly every church has them. I thought it was intresting to read what we said last night.



Galatians 2:

17-18Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren't perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous. If I was "trying to be good," I would be rebuilding the same old barn that I tore down. I would be acting as a charlatan.

19-21What actually took place is this: I tried keeping rules and working my head off to please God, and it didn't work. So I quit being a "law man" so that I could be God's man. Christ's life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not "mine," but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I am not going to go back on that.

Is it not clear to you that to go back to that old rule-keeping, peer-pleasing religion would be an abandonment of everything personal and free in my relationship with God? I refuse to do that, to repudiate God's grace. If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily.

What amazing words.....what freeing words!!...
God is good, and He is so encouraging!

Be free today to be Who God has created you to be!!!