Where is your citizenship? What are your priorities? What does Jesus say our priorities need to be?

Pastors leave churches for various reasons. Who steps up to the position? Is there a plan for such a time? Regardless of the reasons for the need to fill the position. When a pastor leaves, it can be devastating. It can leave individuals and families shipwrecked ... wondering what to do next. It can be devastating to many, even when they are prepared ... but much worse when unprepared.

God, from the end, saw a purpose. He then, from the beginning, created you for that purpose. How can our finite minds comprehend such facts. Much like in Colossians 1:17, we're told that in Jesus all things hold together. So why are some amazed that Jesus walked on water? He was holding the water together. WOW! Doesn't that put your mind in an endless loop? Understanding that God saw the end from the beginning, and created each of us for a purpose, reveals to us that our life has meaning.

Pastor search for the church should not be done through a secular process. God's way of succession in the church is intended to be a smooth transition. The kingdom of God is a system. It's time to flow in that system.

Here's the way I look at denominations. We each have our "pet" doctrines, and certain scriptures we focus on. Because we each have a purpose that varies, in some degree, from others, it's understandable that our "focus" may be different. However, in order to understand God completely, we need to understand the revelations of others. We are a part of a much larger body, and we will all do our parts better, as we understand how we fit with those believers around us.

Understanding the kingdom of God on a foundational level. Understanding the rule & reign of Jesus. Understanding that the kingdom isn't limited to the "sweet by & by" ... the kingdom is to be experienced now. We, as believers, are to be ambassadors of that kingdom, representatives of King Jesus.

Leave where you're only tolerated and go to where you're celebrated. Walk in your purpose! Do not allow those who God did not call you to speak into their life, dictate (or hinder) your purpose.

The rule & reign of the king of a kingdom guides the "do's" & "don't's" of his domain. Jesus is the King of kings, and He has set forth His guidelines. The Church today needs to repent and line up with those guidelines.

Submission to the supreme authority of our Lord & King ... JESUS!

Submission to the supreme authority of our Lord & King ... JESUS!