A while back we were privileged to spend time with a group of wonderful friends that we have come to see as our Tribe. The elders told stories of what the Almighty was saying to them. One of the themes that struck home was how enamored the church has become with the scaffolding that surrounds the true building.
As God builds his spiritual temple, he sometimes employs support structures to facilitate the work. Visual Thesaurus defines such a structure, a scaffold, as a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers. But when these structures are no longer required, God will move them off to the side. But, for some reason, christians seem fascinated by the scaffolding. We can't take our eyes off the platforms, even when the building is being revealed. We insist on playing and working and living on the staging and catwalks, when we could open the door of the temple and step inside.
'Cause, you know, inside is where God keeps all the good stuff.
Really, we can go inside.
Really.
Inside!
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This is very good. I suspect that one reason we tend to like the scaffolding is that it represents our own role. We like to feel needed and we like to have control. The scaffolding represents that.
When it all comes down, then our only role is to enter into mysterium tremendum...that realm of the holy in which God is and does ALL.
Wow - that is powerfully true - that the scaffolding represents our own role. It validates our calling, puts a visible stamp of recognition on our contribution.
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