Cornerstone Community Church Vodcast

We’re now more than 18 months into this pandemic. While some nations are starting to open up, many others around the world continue to struggle with new waves of the pandemic. The world has come very much to a standstill during this time. As Christians, we understand that the things that happen in the natural are a reflection of what’s happening in the spiritual. We’re in the prelude to a new season – a new normal that’s coming. Like the sons of Issachar, we must know the times and the seasons and have understanding concerning what we need to be doing.

Charles Spurgeon said, “Man is such an idolater that if he cannot idolise anything else, he’ll idolise and bow down to himself.” This is an accurate statement. There’s something innate in mankind that’s drawn to things that can be touched or seen. And make no mistake about it – as idolatry was the scourge of Israel in the Bible, the same thing can be said of the Church today. It was Israel’s besetting sin, her stumbling block and Achilles’ heel, and it plagued her all through her history. As God removed every trace of idolatry from Israel, He’s going to do the same with the Church. We cannot have revival until we lay down our idols.

We all inherently know that community is important and that it’s part of the Christian experience. But staying plugged in and committed can get difficult. Many things pull at our time, attention, emotions, and all these things add up. Every July, we take the church back to the basics of building community through our cell groups. This is an important part of our Christian experience and expression, and a mid-year re-emphasis is important to make sure that we don’t lose track of those things that are crucial.

The moment you’re born again, God puts a ‘well’ within you, because one cannot survive without water. The well He puts in us supplies living water and once we drink of it, we’ll never desire anything else. But the key is to ensure there’s a continual supply of fresh, clean, living water from our well, and that they’re not clogged up. The moment our wells dry up, it spells danger and that should immediately be rectified. Find out if you’re a well, a spring, a cistern or a river.

This Father’s Day, it’d be insightful to consider our Heavenly Father. This has application not just for us as fathers and on fathering; it also helps us understand what our Heavenly Father has done for us. May this message give us a fresh love for our Heavenly Father.