See what John did there? He said it out loud. He gave public recognition and praise to Jesus.
That’s what breaks the power of jealousy.
If you’re jealous, publicly praise whoever you’re jealous of. Celebrate them.
It will break the darkness inside.
That will also give you a clear heart and mind to get on with your mission. After all, you likely live in a region where there are thousands…OK, tens or hundreds of thousands…of unchurched people. Focus on that.
What Do You Think?
Before we jump to commenting, please know I write this not to make the church worse, but in the hopes that in some tiny way it makes the church better.
I need to look in the mirror to see if I am a Pharisee. Everyone who leads a church does. Far too much is at stake.
The church has enough critics (just read through the comments on this blog, any newspaper piece on religion or pretty much any online place that talks about the church). But if we take the criticism we usually reserve for others and prayerfully apply it to ourselves, we’ll get better. We will.
And we have to.
I believe the church is the hope of the future.
So we just need to get better and healthier. And when we do, we’ll be far more effective.
Any additional signs you see that show you may have turned into a Pharisee?
