Power and Form
This picture was taken during the Victory Ministers' Association's (VMA) ministers ordination. It shows the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches' and Victory's Bishop of Manila my good friend Manny Carlos and Steve Murrell. I found this picture interesting with him standing in between Steve and me.
I take this time to remind myself of the vital importance of power and form. Power is the thing that drives and moves things forward. Without power a car sits there and is useless. Of course you can use it as a bedroom even if it was nto created for that purpose. Power without form is just as useless. Imagine all that power but you don't have a chasis to bolt a car body and wheels on. All that power is useless. Power is always needs form.
In the business of church I have found those whose emphasis is on form with very little power then there are those who disdain form. Both are missing a key thought, you need power just as much as you need form. The Bible is full of stories that will lead you to see how important form is: from the raising of the nation of Israel just instituted the Ark of the Covenant, the tabernacle, the altar, to the the time of Samuel and the kings where God wanted His temple built, form was vital to God. Just check out His creation. But at the same breath the Bible warns us that form is not enough and it will need power.
"...having a form of godlinessa but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people." 2 Timothy 3:5
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