Managing a Movement

So, you think that you want to be part of a movement of God huh? Acts 2:41 says "Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day." 3 Thousand people?!? Most churches aren't equipped to handle 3 hundred people. You cannot manage a move of God! All you can do is stand back, and let it be what is is. if God is blessing your church and you want it to continue, get out of the freaking way!!! If we aren't actively helping God, then we are hindering him. People who hinder God get pushed to the side and left out of the movement. Get out of the way, and then do your best to play catch up when the movement is over. It's like a mudslide! You can't do anything to stop it when it's happening, all you can do is clean up afterwards.



The wonderful thing about a movement of God is that there is no cleanup! Is there? Maybe we should camp out here for a while. You think that 3 thousand more people coming to your church won't make for a mess, you are dead wrong. You automatically have to add more services or get a bigger place. More services means more preaching, more tweaking, more, well, everything! Ever tried to tweak something major in between services? I watch it happen all the time and let me tell you, if you don't have everyone on board, then it gets horrible. Almost like a train wreck. You have to start dealing with those 3 thousand people's issues, hurts, habits, and hangups. You now have the responsibility of teaching 3000 people to feed themselves from the Word of God.



You have more kids to worry about now. What are you going to do with all of those kids? Are you just providing a babysitting service, are you letting them in the "Big People's" service? How are you improving these children's spiritual lives? Kids are another thing that you can't half-way manage. You have to plan for them.



The list of things goes on and on. Are you ready to take on a movement of God? No? Well just think about this: If God is blessing you, he is providing a way for you too. Bring on the movement!