The Dream (fc)

THE DREAM

Simply stated, our dream is to be the church. Wait, wait, 

wait...we’re not talking about a place you go or a group to 

join or even a new way to do the same thing. We want the 

stuff you see in the book of Acts—a group of people united 

at the heart by Jesus and His love. To be around them is to 

see Jesus—love, peace, joy, freedom, and miracles. They are 

constantly dependent on God for everything and constantly 

amazed at what He is doing through them. AND stuff chang- 

es. Neighborhoods and cities and whole nations change. 

We’re not okay with just going to meetings, hanging out, and 

hoping that one day God might do something with us. We’re 

not okay with racism and cancer and AIDS and poverty. We 

know things HAVE to change. We’re not sure how to do it, 

but we know it starts and ends with Jesus—He’s the one who 

changes stuff. But because this is our dream we are rest- 

lessly, anxiously, pitifully willing to risk and learn and grow 

and pursue a different way of living. THE DREAM IS THE 

KINGDOM.  

There’s a cool picture of what this looks like in the Bible’s 

book of Joel. It’s a prophecy that was fulfilled when Jesus 

rose from the dead and sent His Spirit to fill His people. It 

says that He will raise up an army of men, women, young 

and old. This army will hear from God and obey Him. They 

will have His supernatural power to change things. They will 

listen to Him. They will believe each one is equally valuable 

and they will honor each other. They will bring His presence 

to all peoples and HE will get the credit! The church IS that 

army, and the time is now—so let’s go change the world!