From Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland…
First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (`the exact shape doesn’t matter,’ it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there. There was no `One, two, three, and away,’ but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. However, when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out `The race is over!’ and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, `But who has won?’
This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, `EVERYBODY has won, and all must have prizes.
Would you play a game where there was on reason, no object or goal? Where there were no rules, boundaries or guidance? Where no-one knew how to keep score?
What about life? Surely God didn’t create us without giving us a purpose? Have you ever thought about your purpose, your God given purpose… and how you can measure your progress?
What about church? I can’t imagine Jesus instituted the church just for the fun of it. It seems to me that he gave us a very clear commission. Is your church set up in such a way that you have very clear goals (based on Jesus’ instructions to us) and do you know how to keep the score? Or is your church really the Dodo’s caucus race, running around in circles, getting nowhere and not even knowing where it’s trying to get to?
Food for thought…
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