Today, between sleep and wakefulness, I had a vision. I saw men take light and life away from the Church by commanding that there should be no more change. I saw a baby in the church and knew what these men had said could not be right, for growth brings change. And then I awoke.
I could hear the Lord say that these men thought unity could be brought to the church by teaching conformity. As I wondered about this my thoughts turned to Jesus’ name for the Church; His body. In reality, a body has a process that keeps it in good repair and functioning well, and which brings healing and growth. It is called “homeostasis.” Homeostasis causes the body to be in constant change in order for it to perform normally. If we look at the analogy of Christ’s Church being His body, we see that body ministry is what keeps the individual members functioning well, growing, healing, and supplying the life of Christ to each other (see Ephesians 4:16).
Some men want to control others in order to make them function better. They conceive programs for the purpose of replicating more people who will conform to their ideas. This is the mechanization of religion, and is not the living body of Christ. One day Jesus will usurp these controlling men who want everything to remain as they have conceived it. Jesus will take back the control of His Church. Though these men rise up to oppose His Lordship, yet will Christ stand with His faithful ones and overcome them. Amen.
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