How Hard would it be for Lance to Empower "Disturbers?"

I got an off the blog response to the Disturbers/Comforters post which seemed to hint that knowing how best to do these things is a problem.

In this case, though, I can't see that the first steps in walking Lance's talk can be so hard.

Lance touts the truth that being disturbed can end in good things and he quotes Catherine Booth who, along with her husband, William, founded the Salvation Army, and noted, "To better the future we must disturb the present."

Honestly, I can't see how difficult a first baby step in doing this might be.

On the surface, the CGGC is swimming in a sea of mutual affirmation. There would appear to be amazing oneness of mind among us. The old song, "Home, Home on the Range," seems to describe us.

"Never," in the CGGC, "is heard a discouraging word."

Sadly, though, metaphorically speaking, our skies are very cloudy.

While we're, on the surface, at least, unified with each other, we're not one with the Lord.

The Lord loves to pour out blessing on His people. Yet, in spite of our best efforts, we are in the midst of generations of spiritual decay and numerical decline. The Lord of all authority and power and grace and mercy and blessing is not blessing us.

Lance knows that being disturbed can be a good thing. Good for Lance. I'm certain that many in the CGGC don't know even that.

But, still, there's no disturbing happening here...

...apart, of course, from the disturbing that the high holders of institutional authority in the CGGC can't silence...

...that is the Lord's disturbing, as He continues not to bless us and to afflict us with these generations of spiritual decay and numerical decline.

Lance could, very easily, take a baby step in introducing disturbing to our culture.

We have people, people who love the Lord, to whom the Lord has given an alternate vision for our body.

All of those people I know have been pushed to the fringes of the body because of their negativity, presumably, but some are still there.

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Here's a word of practical advice to the people who regard themselves as human leaders in this increasingly small part of God's Kingdom.

1. Reach out to some of the disturbers who are still in the body, out there on the fringes.

2. Let them know that you agree with Lance about disturbing.

3. Invite them into the CGGC mainstream.

4. Assure them that you now understand that their love for the Lord is real.

5. Convince them that you believe that their voice will be heard.

6. Empower them to speak.

7. Treat their disturbing presence as an important part of the CGGC conversation.

8. Listen carefully to them.

9. Practice prayerfully their vision.

10. Understand, that, in doing so, you may be allowing the Lord to speak.

Truly, we can hardly do worse than we are doing now.

We must open ourselves up to being disturbed.

We must repent.