"We of the nervous West are victims of the philosophy of activism tragically misunderstood. Getting and spending, going and returning, organizing and promoting, buying and selling, working and playing--this alone constitutes living. If we are not making plans or working to carry out plans already made we feel that we are failures, that we are sterile, unfruitful eunichs, parasites on the body of society. The gospel of work, as someone has called it, has crowded out the gospel of Christ in many Christian churches."
"In an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of the work and quite literally wear our people out as well. I have heard more than one pastor boast that his church was a "live" one, pointing to the printed calendar as proof--something on every night and several meetings during the day. Of course this proves nothing except that the pastor and the church are being guided by a bad spiritual philosophy. A great many of these time-consuming activities are useless and others plain ridiculous. "But," say the eager beavers who run the religious squirrel cages, "they provide fellowship and they hold our people together."
A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)
2 comments:
Good passage to quote. We all need to realy take a look at our calendars and be honest if our business is God/Christ centered or just church/activiy centered. I pray that we all (myself included) will be busy about things of the kingdom and not just being busy to be together. (I hope this makes sense).
i couldn't agree more...and yes it makes sense. by the way, thanks for having two daughters like lydia and tamara who help make my day more enjoyable here at the church on Tuesdays. Looking forward to the play!
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