When the Passions for the Harvest Dislodge the Hunger for God

Passion for the harvest without the hunger for the Lord of the harvest can have disastrous consequences; personally and collectively.  Many mission movements were birthed out of the hunger for God.   But the passion for mission eventually dislodged the hunger for God in these movements creating manmade/controlled/driven organizations and structures that valued political loyalty and financial security more than the foundation of the word of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  The missionary era of the 19^th Century gave birth to a church still struggling to free itself from the shackles of spiritual colonialism.  The church growth movements of the 20^th century gave birth to a market driven spirituality of the mega-churches currently reeling under the quest for humanism and sensual pleasure promised by the prosperity preachers of success.

First Advent Sunday: Divine Interruptions Luke 1:5-25