Today's Journal

AMAZON CHURCH

I am really trying to pray and believe for a new infusion of revelation and wisdom to come to the apostles and prophets to help build an enticement for the gospel of the Kingdom like Amazon has done for commerce. As it says in Ephesians 2:19-22:
“So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” It is obvious from these verses that apostles and prophets are foundation builders. Those who use these titles and don’t do this are roasting marshmallows at ‘prophetic retreat/conference campfires.’ Foundation work is hard, strenuous, wise and careful work.

It is a clearly detailed history that shows us what business leaders go through to build a strong and functioning business model… maybe the church needs to learn from commerce as much as seminary… before seminary… or without seminary. Apostles and prophets are just supposed to know this stuff about foundation building…without an MBA. To build is costly in every way.

I confess… this is all just envy. I envy Amazon, and those others that build huge, successful and reproducible business models of growth and success. I want it for the Kingdom of God.

I’m headed over to other side of the Pond to have some Cuban Coffee and Opal’s Peanut Butter Cookies and try to think how I would put that Amazon smiley face arrow on a church logo and sign without violating copyright laws.

“…on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades (Hell) will not overpower it.” Jesus