Comments on: People of the Rut http://pinoaks.org/2010/03/people-of-the-rut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-of-the-rut A growing church in Anna, Texas Mon, 02 May 2011 12:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Laura http://pinoaks.org/2010/03/people-of-the-rut/#comment-86 Laura Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:02:38 +0000 http://pinoaks.org/?p=598#comment-86 After a bit of chewing on this in my noggin' (a very dangerous thing) I am compelled to expound on something that may be quite obvious. You mentioned it in your comment ... fear. 'People of the rut' are content to sit by the sidelines and question the radical, seemingly irresponsible, actions of believers who live as if there is no tomorrow. Why? Because of fear. 'People of the rut' are often the more critical, the more negative and the more vocal. Why? Because of fear. Rather than stepping out on the water, 'people of the rut' are happy in the boat, complaining about the storm. In truth, they are afraid of the storm and afraid of following the God of the storm. How do I know this? Because I have walked in that rut, lived in that rut and criticized those who were boldly climbing out of the rut. Warning, if you choose to ride with God wildly through the mud, your safety and the safety of those around you is at risk. But I promise you this... you will be riding with a huge smile on your face because you are smack dab in the middle of the purpose for which you were created. I've lived that, too! Feel free to delete this if it is too controversial, Phil :). After a bit of chewing on this in my noggin’ (a very dangerous thing) I am compelled to expound on something that may be quite obvious. You mentioned it in your comment … fear. ‘People of the rut’ are content to sit by the sidelines and question the radical, seemingly irresponsible, actions of believers who live as if there is no tomorrow. Why? Because of fear. ‘People of the rut’ are often the more critical, the more negative and the more vocal. Why? Because of fear. Rather than stepping out on the water, ‘people of the rut’ are happy in the boat, complaining about the storm. In truth, they are afraid of the storm and afraid of following the God of the storm.

How do I know this? Because I have walked in that rut, lived in that rut and criticized those who were boldly climbing out of the rut. Warning, if you choose to ride with God wildly through the mud, your safety and the safety of those around you is at risk. But I promise you this… you will be riding with a huge smile on your face because you are smack dab in the middle of the purpose for which you were created. I’ve lived that, too!

Feel free to delete this if it is too controversial, Phil :) .

]]> By: phil http://pinoaks.org/2010/03/people-of-the-rut/#comment-85 phil Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:30:00 +0000 http://pinoaks.org/?p=598#comment-85 Without fundamental innovation of our strategy the church will remain largely in a cycle of ineffectiveness. It makes me sit down and question what we do week in and week out and ask if there are better ways...then when I come up with a possible solution I need to be brave and present it and work through implementation. It is in the presentation and implementation I have the most fear. I am not nearly as afraid to think of solutions...its the implementation that gives me nightmares (for reasons the post includes). Without fundamental innovation of our strategy the church will remain largely in a cycle of ineffectiveness. It makes me sit down and question what we do week in and week out and ask if there are better ways…then when I come up with a possible solution I need to be brave and present it and work through implementation. It is in the presentation and implementation I have the most fear. I am not nearly as afraid to think of solutions…its the implementation that gives me nightmares (for reasons the post includes).

]]> By: Clay http://pinoaks.org/2010/03/people-of-the-rut/#comment-84 Clay Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:40:51 +0000 http://pinoaks.org/?p=598#comment-84 This is good. Just because things have always been a certain way doesn't mean that they should always be that way. While we should respect and learn from what has come before us, we can't be stuck in that rut. What is God calling us to do that is out of the ordinary and beyond imagination? I'm sure some missionaries are told that what they are doing is crazy, but yet they do it anyway because God has imprinted that upon their being. Let's get out of the rut of every day life. Speaking of creativity, check out this video from Sir Ken Robinson: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html This is good. Just because things have always been a certain way doesn’t mean that they should always be that way. While we should respect and learn from what has come before us, we can’t be stuck in that rut. What is God calling us to do that is out of the ordinary and beyond imagination?

I’m sure some missionaries are told that what they are doing is crazy, but yet they do it anyway because God has imprinted that upon their being. Let’s get out of the rut of every day life.

Speaking of creativity, check out this video from Sir Ken Robinson: http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

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