Brian had a another great message yesterday on community and how vital everyone’s role is to the church as a whole. We’re each vitally important and if one part is missing the entire body doesn’t function as it should. To illustrate the point, everyone in the room was given a piece of paper at the beginning of the service. We were told to color on it, draw on it or decorate it however we saw fit. Brian’s main point came from Col 1:15-18.
We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. – Col. 1:15-18
He pointed out that if we as a church work together like we should, then Christ should be the first thing people see. Not a shoulder or an arm or a foot. The head should be exactly what they see first.
As he concluded his message we were all told to bring our pieces of paper to the front and stick them on a board that had a grid pre-printed on it.
As the pieces came together we started seeing the image of Christ appear — just as it’s supposed to happen in the church.
There were all sorts of colors and pictures drawn. Everyone was unique. But in the end it was Christ that shown through.
And while it was not planned, one piece ended up missing.
It was obvious that there was a gaping hole there. It challenged me to be sure I don’t leave a gaping hole in the church by my unwillingness to serve or my desire for myself.
I’ll post some pictures a little later as well as the podcast from the message but I wanted to be sure and share the lesson before I headed into the office this morning.
