Spider Webs

I have been thinking lately about the time I had in 'church'.[for some years] I was reflecting not so much on the experiences themselves but, more on what it all represented. For I have found that to be truly alive in Christ and present in 'church' to be almost polar opposites. I have seen great pressure coming from within the institution [and ALL the world] to allow the impartation of fleshly wisdom to come into our lives through the thing we call 'church'. I am not saying that God can not use this ultimately for our advantage but, just maybe not in the way WE are expecting it to.[for we have even learned to turn that verse into fleshly reason too] For there is a certain PRESSURE[I have been loving that word lately] that comes with being around that worldly philosophy so prevalent in church. Interestingly that same pressure does seem or appear to be coming from God. Yeah I said APPEAR. It is not from God. I repeat,...NOT. That pressure comes from the evil one and you will see it in the religious of both Jesus' day  AND our day. In fact you will see it in the world period. From the "good" or the "bad". Just give it time. You may be sitting RIGHT NEXT to that pressure right now. That pressure could be speaking to you through many who should be the very ones to support you and lift you up.[well at least according to the original design] That pressure might be pushing at you and creeping into your thoughts, attempting to cast down the new mind of Christ in you. Let us not be afraid to stand against that pressure as the freedom in Christ is released to us in the midst of it.