For as long as I can remember, I’ve been participating in church activities: church services, church choirs, church programs, church schools, church basketball games…church, church, church, church. Unfortunately during my adolescence and young adult seasons, church – in the traditional sense and as most of us know it – is not enough!
Ok! I can hear some of you gasping for air that I would have the audacity to make such a strong judgment call. Then consider this: If church is enough, why has my family walked in self-deception to our susceptibility to the spirit of pride, rebellion, and anger for many generations? If church is enough, why did I participate in the repetitive cycle of perversion that plagued my family for generations resulting in me committing fornication and getting pregnant out of wedlock, not once but twice? If church is enough, how did the spirit of mental illness and madness continue to stalk me and several of my family members, oppressing us with depression, suicidal thoughts and ideations for decades? If church is enough, why did we exist in a life of financial bondage, causing us to be slaves to this world’s economic system for so many years where many in my family have justified their continual, willing participation? If church is enough, why were the first four years of my marriage a living hell for my husband, me, and unfortunately our children although both my husband and I were raised in the church and attended church regularly? Will church ever be enough?
I’m sure by now most of you know my answer to that question, “No!” Church will never be enough because it was not the institution of victory God created in this earth. The institution of victory God created in this earth was a family! Unfortunately, throughout the generations and for decades church has been used as the replacement to the family infrastructure instead of serving simply as a supplement to the family community. Consequently, when we rely completely on church, our families are sure to be left wanting and in lack.
In June of 2009, I heard the heart of God for every family community that has been earthed over the course of time. God’s Divine Desire is to re-establish the institution of victory on earth by placing families on a firm family foundational trust. According to Deuteronomy 29:29, God has secrets that He desires to reveal to us for us and our descendants. These family secrets will place each family on a steady foundation, establishing a Kingdom dynasty in this earth from which thousands of generations can grow.
Now, it is important to understand that these family secrets are purpose specific. For example, the purpose of a clothes iron is to press the wrinkles out of clothing. Although a clothes iron does get hot, I would not be using it according to purpose if I chose to make a grilled cheese sandwich with it instead. Therefore, by choosing to make a grilled cheese sandwich would be misusing or abusing the clothes iron although it may appear to work. Likewise, until we discover the value and purpose of the family unit, it will continue to exist in an abusive state. Until we receive the secrets for our families, then churches, daycares, schools, or any other man-made institutions are going to consistently be asked to do something the original, divine purpose of a home was created by God to accomplish.
Therefore, in order for our families to be re-established as the institution of victory on earth, home must become a haven of manifested empowerment. Through the revealed secrets of God, every family will be equipped to create a refuge that cultivates an atmosphere where the value and purpose of every family member becomes apparent. The manifestation of value and purpose provides momentum in the progress of each individual which ultimately impacts the advancement of the entire family and society at large. As we embrace these divine downloads, we will receive the Kingdom empowerment that is necessary for us to conquer the enemy of our souls on a daily basis. For the church events are just not enough!
© 2011 Julianne Pearson
© 2011 Julianne Pearson
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