We live in such a protocol-rich culture with nuances and rituals that can make life so convoluted. What provided a plumbline on this thinking for me was a men's bible study that I attended in New York City. There was no 'marketplace ministry expert conducting the meeting' per se. There were an assortment of men, and for the most part, some half my age (and they could still vote).
Well one of the men there told of a story about how he jams at one of the most famous clubs in the city on Wednesday (you would know it if I mentioned it, and it not Carnegie Hall - but almost as famous). Well during one of the sets they were going all out and then one of dudes there tells our man -- "hey do your church thing." Right there in the middle of the stage our guy just steps into some of the most exciting improvisational prophetic riffs. Just blew everyone away. He was amazed by the access he was granted.
As I thought about it, I told him that the reason they were willing to extend such a gracious invitation was not because they liked his doctrine or his bumper sticker. Nope, it was because he had given them cause to feel safe whenever they were together.
Very few places are truly safe. To be a truly safe place (not politically safe) but spiritually safe requires a different grid. Being spiritually safe is so much different than from being politically safe because the motive is different. When you are Politically safe it is governed by the fear of man, when your are spiritually safe is governed by the love of God. BIG DIFFERENCE. In one atmosphere you are trained on how to look free and in the other, people are set free. Selah.
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