When I started working in Information Technology almost 30 years ago, I was pretty green—I didn’t know much. I remember being tasked to diagnose what was wrong with one of the computers on our network. The computer would randomly turn off and then wouldn’t turn on for a few hours. The boss gave me a set of testing tools to use in testing the motherboard, the power supply, and the various other components that make up the computer’s guts.
After about an hour of testing, I was no closer to finding out what was wrong. I was frustrated. My boss came over to the bench where I was working, took one look at the tool I was using to test the components and told me I was using it all wrong. I gave the instrument to my boss, and five seconds later, we knew exactly what was wrong and how to solve it.
Has something like that ever happened to you? Have you ever tried doing something that hasn’t turned out as expected because you were doing things wrong? Have you ever discovered you were using something wrong, and when you started using it right, you suddenly got the results you were expecting?
Sometimes when I read about the church in the book of Acts and compare it to the church today, I wonder if we are doing things right? The church in the book of Acts is significantly different than what we see today. The impact of the church in Acts is far more significant than today. Could it be because we don’t understand what Jesus envisions? Could it be because we are doing church wrong?
Over the next two weeks, we are going to look at Jesus’ vision for the church. This Sunday, we will look at what it means when we say in the Apostles’ Creed that we believe in the communion of saints. Embracing the communion of the saints is the starting point to becoming like the church in the book of Acts. I hope you’ll join us as we explore Acts 2:42-47 and discover the community that Jesus is inviting us to become.
See you Sunday,
Pastor Kirk
