At the center of what God is doing to day and how He is exploding in many Church bodies is this phrase…culturally relevant. It seems to be at the heart of the matter, for us as followers of Jesus to be relevant to a cultural perspective…lets say vantage point.I think this is incredible, to not limit God to a liturgy…a box of how “church” should be done…to not allow ourselves to become so inwardly focused that this timeless message is packaged in a way that is archaic and out dated in a post-modern world.
The landscape has changed…the people have changed…the argument is often not whether there is a God anymore, but rather, there are many ways to Him. Again, I say that being relevant…missional…engaging our culture on their level is exciting and effective, but could there be more.
Genesis says that in the beginning God created…over and over again it references His ability o create…to make something appear out of nothing, and do it creatively…snow capped mountains…crystal clear streams…white and black beaches…He created, and as we espouse, He is the author of creation…therefore the author of creativity…
My point, if God is the most creative being to ever exist…and we as leaders are tapped into that creativity…should we spend less time trying to be relevant to culture…and more time inspiring culture to be relevant to us…to the church…to the God of all creativity…
Shouldn’t our message and our methods be so inspiring that for once culture tries to keep pace with what we are doing, and creating instead of it being the other way around?
I believe in being relevant to the dynamic and landscape in which we live…but I also wish to see the church spend less time chasing cultural relevancy and more time creating it…
