7th March 2010 - Fully Grown

What an awesome time! We almost ache from the laughter, fun and energy of a God filled weekend! We did something traditional for SIMPLY - we met at 10.30am on a sunday (WHAT A SHOCK!) - it was WILD!

Our friends Rick and Kevin joined us for a few days from Toronto. We are really grasping the fact that God exploding in our town will only happen through a culture, our culture. It's a place where we just be what our society hungers for and find that God makes it relevant to many people. It has been reinforced to us again by those who visit, the assurance that hungry people will come - YAY!



Colossians 2 gives us a picture of an undiluted Jesus, like the disciples knew. We need that today so God will trust us to be those who deliver life to our town. Are we "fully grown in Christ"? (v9) What a picture of heaven in us, having access to everything! We can have it all and must THINK BIG right now and consider what truly defines us. We consistently appreciate that every day, wherever we meet, we live in constant expectation of what God will do and incredibly we keep being surprised as God turns up!

It is so encouraging when people come and join us and then say there is something special about our loving, family community that brings in a heavy, feely, overwhelming sense of God. How much we need to love what we have, act on it and take it outside with us. That is to be "fully grown in Christ". Fullness implies we can be full! The big jars weren't full because the water was used for washing the people coming to the wedding. The pots only became full when Jesus turned it into wine. We like that!

So have we grown up now? If so we can change the world!