Refocus

In his book Worship Matters, Bob Kauflin shares this thought: "God hasn't called us to be successful or popular -- He's called us to be faithful." In a culture and age that is driven to following the successful and popular, I wonder how much would change in the church if we only sought after the faithful?

Too often the church seems enamored by those who get the highest ratings or draw the largest crowds. But what about those who serve in the relative obscurity of the smaller crowds with the ordinary facilities and the not so flashy programming and ministries? What about those who have never written a book, or spoken at a conference, or got their name quoted by some big name star in the mega-church movement? What about the guys who still make their own hospital calls, and still perform the weddings at their church, and still bury the saints and conduct the board meetings, and vacuum the carpets and occasionally clean the bathrooms? Are they any less successful? Should they be deemed any less popular or significant?

I believe that the church has largely lost its focus. We are attracted to all the wrong things. Jesus never called us to be successful or popular as Bob Kauflin writes! He called us to be faithful...and my heart's pledge to Him is that will be my daily focus as long as He gives me life and breath!