Late Church
Based on a sermon by Rev. Terry Goodman, July 2013
Unlike the Book of Acts
We lack the love
We lack the power
of the Holy Spirit
Spent of our limited efforts
Wielding the world when -
we ought to be weighed down by our grief
over our utter lack of prayer
We ought to emulate the Master
His constant connection to the Father
The domination of Love
If only we gave as much of our time
to the cause of Christ as to this shallow life
We are late to love
Late to live for Him
Late to bend our knees
Late to bend our will
Late - when He comes again
A/N: We often hail the miraculous evangelistic efforts of the early church and with good reason. Just read the Book of Acts. Or read the works of the Early Church Fathers. Or even much later, the journals of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. It is as if these Christians believed with every fiber of their being in the power of the Holy Spirit to heal, to save, to penetrate the most stubborn hearts. I think we are missing that today; the awe, reverence and expectation of Divine power and intervention. At least in the "civilized" world, it seems we are more awed by the gadgetry in the latest smartphone than we are of the incredible, inexhaustible power of Almighty God. Thus, as the opposite of the early church - we are the "late church" -- and you can find the rest in the body of the poem. My prayer - that we would catch some of the early church's fervor and power. In the name above all names, Jesus Christ, Amen.
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