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E=mc2, But W.w.j.d.?
Contributed by John Beehler on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Communication with God, as well as others, is important. God’s purpose must become our purpose.
build a church to be a social club, but to be a symbol of His glory. Our unity is the foundation
that God gives us to reach out. If we quit reaching out, God quits blessing.
If we are to reach people for Christ we need people with passion and power. But we also need
people with a purpose. In the late 1800’s, trains dominated the transportation industry of the
United States, moving both people and goods throughout the country.
Then here comes the car—and the railroad industry didn’t take advantage of their unique
position to participate in this transportation development. The automotive revolution was
happening all around them, and they did nothing. Problem was, the railroad barons thought they
were in the train business. But, in fact, they in the transportation business. Time passed them by,
as did opportunity. They couldn’t see what their real purpose was."
If the railroad barons had understood what they were in,we’d all be driving a Gould and not a
Ford. Same thing in the watch and clock industry. The Swiss had dominated time keeping. They
made the most precise gears and springs in the world. Their watches and clocks were perfect.
Here comes the Quartz movement. Invented by a Swiss man. But because it had no gears or
knobs or springs it was rejected. They failed to recognize that they were in the business of
helping people tell time not making precision gears. They lost their dominance in the industry.
"If Sports Illustrated magazine understood it was in the sports information business, not the
publishing business, we would have the Sports Illustrated Channel, not ESPN."
And if we, as Christians, forget that our purpose is making disciples for Jesus Christ, we will
also become obsolete. If we lose our focus and get distracted by tradition, habit, custom, ritual,
routine, we will go the way of the trains, the Swiss, and Sports Illustrated. We must remember
our basic identity. We must fulfill our basic purpose.
To do that, God’s purpose must be our purpose. We must communicate with God and with each
other. If we do this then God will “...pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.......we shall see visions.....
dream dreams.......Then everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
