June's Focus: The Purpose of God

DETOX

As a church we are moving into a wonderful time of becoming a church that is lead and built by Christ. Since it is His church we have to follow His leading.

I am not a medical docter, but I have heard too often how dangerous high cholesterol is and how it starts to block the flow of blood to the different areas of the body. Also, how important the liver is to remove the toxins that are found in the blood stream.

I believe the Spirit is taking us into a spiritual DETOX as the Body of Christ. To remove all the “toxins” that we have allowed into our body of believers. These toxins if left will destroy us and steal the purpose and plan that God has for us as a church, to be effective in the mandate we received from God. Some of these toxins are things like: Worldliness, False Doctrine and Complacency.

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

James 4:4

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

1 Timothy 4:1-5

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. ² Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. ³ They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. ⁴ For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, ⁵ because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

How:

Just as the physical body has to intentionally change its behaviour and habits to get rid of the toxins found in the physical body, we as the body of Christ also have to intentionally engage to allow a DETOX to take place.

-          Exercise >  As a body of Believers we have to intentionally engage the Mission that Christ has called us to. We cannot remain complacent in our own little bubble. It will cost us to change our schedules, our priorities to move out and become engaged in the society.

-          Water >  Drinks of all sorts are popular to have, however it is always a mixture of water and other ingredients. To  start cleanings the physical body one has to change ones intake of liquids. The same in the body of Believers. You cannot be satisfied any longer with a diluted form of religion. One has to thirst for the purity of the Spirit and desire a fellowship with the Holy Spirit. He alone can cleanse, restore, redeem, replenish and reignite your soul, body and spirit.

-          Balanced Food > A diet has to contain all nutrients. Also our spiritual diet. Having a Sunday to Sunday diet will not sustain our growth. We have to be daily engaged in the Word of God and seek to grow in our knowledge of the Word and allow the Spirit of God to illuminate more of His truth, when we read the Word of God.

Allow God to take you on a DETOX. You will realize in the process and after the process how your relationship with God, your Family and the body of Believers will grow and change for the better.