PLUGGED in to carry the Presence
Dave Emmett exhorts King’s Church members to make strong connections in the body.
Have you ever wasted a lot of time wondering why something wasn’t working properly only to discover later it wasn’t PLUGGED in properly? I cut the grass in our garden by plugging the lawn mower into an extension cable that runs from the house and goes down to the garden. I then plug the lawn mower into the extension cable. I remember one day working for hours trying to get the lawnmower working, taking it to bits, re-building it….only to discover back in the house Philippa, my wife, had UNPLUGGED the extension cable to run the vacuum cleaner. Hours of my life wasted – simply because something wasn’t CONNECTED to the power supply. What a waste of time!
Everyday you and I spend UNPLUGGED from the presence of the Lord is a wasted day! Tragically some people waste weeks, months, years or their entire lives living DISCONNECTED from the life and the presence of the Lord and don’t work properly..
What do we mean by “work properly”?
You and I were created to carry the presence of the Lord and fill this earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. It’s what we’re meant to do. It’s the reason for which we were created. Jesus died and rose again and poured out the Holy Spirit so that we could be PLUGGED in to knowing the power and presence of the risen Lord Jesus through the Spirit and be carriers of the blessing and goodness of God to all we come in contact with.
Being CONNECTED to Christ is all about making a covenant with Christ and His people. You can’t become joined to Christ without being joined to his people…the Church. John was crystal clear in his understanding of this when in his epistle he says:
1 John 4: 20 He who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen
1 John 4: 21 “Whoever loves God must also love his brother”
Let me ask you a question. If the growth of this church depended on you would it grow?
- Do you ever volunteer for anything?
- Do you ever invite someone back to your home?
- Do you ever phone someone and encourage them?
- Do you ever speak to the lost about the Lord?
- Do you ever invite someone to come to an event such as a Christmas concert?
- When was the last time you were with other church members in a home?
- When was the last time you invited others to your home?
Let me put it another way: are you living life PLUGGED into the presence of the Lord and expecting his Kingdom to advance through you? If you are, you’ll be CONNECTED to others in His body.
Your answers tell you whether or not you’re connected.
Members of King’s Church have a wonderful opportunity to meet people, make friends with people, receive the life of God from others and give what we have to others within this body: young and old, European, African, Asian and American. Political groupings look at the genuine social and racial harmony we have with green eyed jealousy The opportunity to be connected to a body made up of all races and social backgrounds is unique to the Church of Jesus Christ. It’s good fun! It’s holy and it’s the will of God for your life! Get plugged in!
