When the Jews rebuilt the Temple, it was not as great as
Solomon’s. Some cried out of joy that it was finished. Others cried out of sadness
that it wasn’t as great.
Yet did they keep going on about how the older was better? No.
Did they make memorials to the old temple, hang pictures of the old temple, and
idolize pieces of the old temple? No.
Even though it wasn’t as great, it was used and it was where
they worshipped God.
Change is inevitable, for the better or worse. Ministries
experience change. Pastors come and go. In all of it, we must keep the proper perspective.
Is Christ being preached? Is God’s Kingdom being furthered?
“But this ministry is not like the last one.” Maybe not, but
is Christ being preached? Is God’s Kingdom being furthered?
‘But this pastor is not as good in this area as our old pastor.”
Maybe not, but is Christ being preached? Is God’s Kingdom being furthered?
Where is our focus? What’s the main thing? Christ preached
and God’s Kingdom being furthered.
I believe it is our effort to hold on to some "feeling" from the past that keeps us from going where God wants to take us. The entire story of the Bible is about God calling people forward - from Abram's call to leave his father's country to Moses leading God's people out of Egypt to Christ calling all of us - this is NOT a God of complacency.
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Precisely, Ken.
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