Why is our society so caught up on numbers? Everything is based on numbers. How much money you make. How much status you have. How much power you have. How many friends you have on facebook. How much your car cost. How big your house is. How many business's you own. How many beers you drank on Saturday night. This worldly thought process has even filtered into our churches. Church success is currently based on attendance. If a church's attendance is on the rise then they are considered successful. Then there is also the number of salvations and baptisms that success is attributed to. My question to the church is what are you doing to disciple your flock? Yeah great your attendance doubled this year, you had a record number of salvations, but half of the them have gone back into living in sin because you surpassed the quota that you had set a year prior. Don't get me wrong I think growth, salvations, and baptisms are a very important part of the ministry, but I think that alot of pastors and church's have gotten away from discipleship. Most of the pastors in these mega church's are not even accessable to the congregation unless your high up on the political or financial heirarchy. I can't imagine the thought of not being able to go speak to my pastor if life throws me one of it's infamous curveballs. I got news for you numbers don't equal success. Your success will be determined by God, not society. He made you, blessed you, sent his son to die for your sins, forgives, and offers eternal life. And yet we would rather try to impress society and people that don't care about you or anyone else except themselves. Your success should be based on your obedience and faithfulness to God and his children. Let the numbers go, quit thinking about today and focus on eternity. Life should not be based on convenience and comfort, it should be based on serving and sacrifice. The more obedient and faithful you are to God, the more He will bless you. Let's free ourselves from self deprevation and this distorted thought process and open are hearts, eyes, and minds, to glorifying and honoring our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
God Bless!!!!
