This is the twentieth of 21 posts serving as a devotional and prayer guide building up to the launch of creativecommunity.tv on Saturday November 6th.
How do you prepare your house before a guest arrives? Do you clean, put everything in its place, and arrange every detail to make a great impression on your guest? Or do you do little or nothing? Are you more interesting in ‘keeping in real’ than in trying to impress someone?
What really makes a guest more comfortable? Are they more comfortable in a sterile, completely organized surrounding or in a casual somewhat sloppy environment. The answer is neither one.
If a place is overly organized than it makes your guest uncomfortable and unable to relax because they’ll worry about messing something up. In a sloppy place, they’re just as uncomfortable because they’re afraid of what’s living under your rug.
What does this have to do with planting a church and living out God’s dream for your life? In 1 Kings 10 the Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and decided to visit and test him. When the Queen saw his wisdom, the palace, the food, all the servants, and the temple she was overwhelmed.
It wasn’t perfect, but to her it was a life changing experience. And that’s where your living room comes in to the story. The heart of creativecommunity.tv is to welcome people far from God to life with Him. We want to create compelling, overwhelming environments for them to encounter God, creating life change. We don’t have to be perfect, we just want to minister with a spirit of excellence.
How can you embrace excellence, yet reject the pressure of being perfect.
Read 1 Kings 10:1-13
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