a crash…

if you do not fit into the typical “christian community” that say’s you must look, act, work for and seek Christ like everyone else than i would encourage you to get into a crash.  erwin mcmanus in his book the barbarian way explains that a crash is what you would call a group of charging rhinos (like a pride of lions).  you see, the rhino can run at speeds of up to 3o mph.  this stat is very cool –  but even cooler than that is the fact that the rhinos can only see 31 feet in front of them.  rhinos run full speed ahead without fear!  subsequently, sometimes it might mean the rhinos are going to experience some impact.

what a cool analogy for us as a group of Christ followers!  a group of Christ followers…a crash…making impact for the kingdom of Christ by charging forward being led by the Spirit to do whatever God calls us to do.

 now you need to know that this is not about railing on the current state of the church.  i don’t think that “a crash” is supposed to sit around complaining about what they see is wrong and then never doing what is right.  i speak from experience…i have done my share of complaining without ever taking personal action.  in addition to that, i am not saying that we stop going to and participating in our churches.

 all i am saying is this…what if a group of spirit filled Christ followers ban together to make a crash in both our community and our world?  let’s stop making excuses for our inactivity. we need to start working together and encouraging one another in whatever God calls each of us to do for His kingdom. i like what mcmanus say’s “we need to stop wasting our time being afraid of what we can not see and do not know.  we need to move forward full force because of what we do know.”   one of my friends – he is a rhino – recently told me that God is not going to steer the ship until we move it from the dock.  i agree…

i know a lot of rhino’s… it is time to form a crash and make some impact!

~a