Face the storm
Chapter 2 of The Church of the Perfect Storm is written by Greg Glatz. Storms come and storms go. The problem is that the church is afraid of storms. Why should the church be afraid of storms when we are being sent out by Jesus to face the storm? He is calm in the middle of the storm. Storms are challenges that can strengthen and refine the church, but the church must ask what it costs to follow Jesus into and through the storm. The church must give up something and it will gain something to prepare for the greatest rescue mission from the storm. Greg Glatz says, “The answer to these crucial questions lies in the oppositional relationship between fear and love. You cannot fear and love” (page 40). For the church to choose love, it surrenders fear. To follow Jesus in and through the storm, the church must choose to love, die to self, and think of others; therefore, the church gives up the fear of the storm and becomes more like Jesus.
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