The Franchise Players

I am preparing for tonight's VBS lesson for my youth department. As I prepare, God ALWAYS replenishes me. As I struggle and falter in my professional and personal life, God provides. Listen to this:

The Franchise Player is the player that provides the franchise a future. Today, God has placed in EVERY CHURCH a franchise player (and that AIN'T the pastor). Remember, the pastor is the manager. The franchise players are the church members that are willing to be managed and led by the pastor. Then, the franchise player builds the foundation of membership through Jesus Christ. That foundational member will be used by Christ to stabilize the church as pastors come and go.

WOW! What a backwards thought to the normal church member. Today, we members wait for the pastor to build the foundation. We wait for the pastor to lead EVERY STEP, and yet God uses our pastor to lead us into a journey (coach us if you will) so that we can make the BIG PLAYS when they are needed to be made.

Maybe, you and I should reverse our thought about church. Rather than a place where believers rest and worship, maybe it is a place that we members allow the HOLY SPIRIT to coax our pastor to lead us into positions of leadership.

Just a thought