Unbridled

Life in Christ was never meant to be the same old same old. Jesus came to give us New Life. Not a new life with the the same old habits. Living for Christ is one of those old habits we can hold onto–in spite of the pain and hurt it creates. God loves His church, but the church is no longer a building, it is His people. We are His temple. Unfortunately we can easily get caught up in “The Church” that we fall into some old habits there too. We become more concerned with running the church than being the church. It’s not intentional, or at least I choose to believe that for most of us it is not. Never the less, The old ways of “serving God” can creep into our “Church” life.
The unfortunate consequence of this it that the church takes the new life we have in Christ, the life that brings unbridled joy and loses it to the dogmatic ritual of performing for Him instead of living in Him.

Mark