Catalyst_09 pt. 2

Does size matter? So many times we get wrapped up in the idea that bigger churches are better. I've got to tell you that I use to have this same mindset. I felt that the bigger the church equaled bigger resources resulting in the ability to minister on a grand scale. But, I've come to the conclusion that this isn't right at all. Christians tend to be slightly more judgemental then most. This is why we tend to judge success by size, where in fact success has nothing to do with size, but life change. We rank our churches on how fast they grow, or by how many other churches we start. We don't look at how many marriages God has saved, or how many lives God has transformed. We look up at the scoreboard and look at numbers, numbers that don't matter. When we as ministers become content with seeing lives changed and people falling in love with Jesus we find success. When we have this type of success everything else falls into place. Success isn't found in the next popular quote we came up with to twitter, when we submit to the love of Christ and pass that on to others we find ourselves looking through the lens of Christ. This is where true success is found.