From "Echoes of Reality"

I met a guy the other day who identified himself an inventor.

I was instantly intrigued. “Wow, what have you invented?”

“Well, nothing…” he said, “not yet.”

So he is an inventor who has not invented anything.

Which made me think, I would tell people I’m a church planter and if they asked what I had planted, I would have to answer, “Well, nothing… not yet.”

So I’m a church planter that hasn’t planted any churches.

And then I realised that a lot of people I know would identify themselves as redeemed by Jesus, but many of us still live in some very shattered rhythms of life. And we find ourselves thinking and resounding in very un-redeemed ways sometimes.

So we are redeemed people who aren’t all the way redeemed.

And this is how the Kingdom of God works.

Because sometimes it’s better to identify yourself as what you are growing into instead of by what you are growing out of.

Sometimes it’s what keeps you on the path. Keeps you focused. Keeps you living forward into what God has for you.

So, while the inventor has not invented anything, his mind is always going, always looking for new ideas and always solving problems. So he is an inventor. And while I have not started a church, my dreams, plans and energy are all working toward creating a community of people striving to live like Jesus in this world. So I am a church planter.

And while we may stumble, struggle and make mistakes in this world, we are a people fully redeemed by the blood of Jesus.

We are already, while we are also not yet.

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