Josh Harris writes a pithy post on the wrong reasons we often have for loving the church. It’s worth the read, and worth reflecting on even more.
- Don’t love the church because of what it does for you. Because sooner or later it won’t do enough.
- Don’t love the church because of a leader. Because human leaders are fallible and will let you down.
- Don’t love the church because of a program or a building or activities because all those things get old.
- Don’t love the church because of a certain group of friends because friendships change and people move.
These seem simple and obvious, but I’m willing to bet we rarely give thought to them. I hear of people leaving churches all the time, and usually it’s because they’ve put their hope in one of those four things instead of fully in Jesus.
And I know I’ve done the same myself.
This is much more insightful than “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.”
Josh Harris has some great insight, thanks for sharing this. We all need the reminder of that now and then.