Is Church More Holy?
Some people think that we should serve more in Church than focusing on the corporate world…
I totally disagree.
Is Church more holy? I don’t think so. When God first created the world, everything was deemed to be good. Yes, some may say that Adam fell and the world became sinful. But Jesus’ blood had restored it. How good the world can become depends on how we perceive it and how we live it.
There isn’t such thingy as secular and spiritual. There should not even be a line being drawn. To God, everything is spiritual and He wants His kingdom to be established on earth, not just the Church!
In fact, there is a list of areas of influence, such as…
Art
Business
Church
Distribution (such as media)
Education
Family
Government
Health
Many more…
Church is simply one of the areas of influence. If everyone is called to serve in the Church, who is going out to reach the world? If everyone is going out for missions, who is going to do the funding?
It all depends on our mindset.
If we are having a kingdom perspective for climbing up a corporate ladder where God has placed us specifically in, there is nothing wrong with that. The higher we climb, the greater sphere of influence we have for God’s kingdom. I’ve seen great servants of God in the corporate world impacting and influencing lives for Jesus.
If we think that climbing up a corporate ladder is a worldly perspective, the same can also happen to Churches. Isn’t it analogous to the world if the members in the Church focus on climbing up the spiritual ladder with a worldly perspective to gain higher authority and greater acknowledgment?
Well, again, it all depends on our mindset.
Church is a place that serves to cultivate and build spiritual strengths and discipleship so that people can go into all the world and make disciples, not go into all the Churches in the world and make disciples! Church is to renew and empower those who are called to serve God’s kingdom outside Church so that they can go out and minister to the world effectively.
If we receive a call from God to be in business, then we should strive to be the best businessman so that our sphere of influence can be made as large as possible. I know of someone who is the boss of a training company. He sets up a system so that he can effectively evangelise to his employees who are non-Christians through his regular coaching. That is marketplace ministry!
If God’s calling for us is to be in education, then we should focus on it, rather than striving to serve in higher capacity in Church. What happens next? We find ourselves unable to balance our time and finally, we experience burn-out. Well, God has never intended it to happen. We can only blame ourselves. I know of a cellgroup leader who stepped down from leadership because God has called him to focus on being a trainer in business. That’s his calling! That’s his ministry! That’s his missions field!
If we think that we should only focus on climbing up the ‘biblical or spiritual ladder’ in Church, we have missed the point of what kingdom perspective is all about.
Church is not more holy. It is simply one of the areas of God’s influence to the world.
I totally agree with you, Barnabas. The Seven Mountains of influence are all for the taking. “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” Jesus wants us to influence all the spheres and impact, reclaim, take back what belongs to Him, rather than staying in the four walls of the church. The church is a powerful weapon and means to reach out and disciple others, and the church is an instrument that God wants to use greatly. However, He also wants us to impact all spheres in the world so long as our heart purposes are for HIM wherever we go.
Yes… Church serves as a discipleship centre to disciple believers and empower them to be ready to impact the world. The disciples will go out ‘into all the world’ (‘cosmos’) to be/share the gospel with others and be ‘recharged’ by the Church. Unfortunately, Churches are focusing on building the Church ministries nowadays…