Part 2 -- AWF -- All Wheel Faith

Part 2 of AWF – All Wheel Faith

So lets say that the Christian Faith was the Continental US, all of us begin our journey of faith at Key West, Florida, and our final destination is Seattle, Washington. You know you want to go North and West to end up in Seattle from Key West; but the route you use to get there is (or should be) only limited to your preference.

The problem I have with denominations and even movements (who will become a denomination in deed if not in word, unless they intentionally work against the natural gravitation of organizations) is that, although with good intentions, they limit the Christ Follower’s options in what routes they take on the journey of faith. I am not implying any route that would be unbiblical or in our metaphor any route that goes outside of the United States.

A Christ Follower has an ALL-WHEEL-FAITH. If a Christ Follower’s faith was a vehicle, it would be a Hummer. This bad boy can travel on any alley, city street, state highway (even Missouri’s), and interstate you pull in front of him. Having AWF allows a Christ Follower to take any road to Seattle. But, there’s more! The beautiful thing about AWF, is that if the route through Kansas gets a little too boring, you can take the journey off road! You are still moving towards your final destination; but you are making a route where a route did not previously exist five minutes ago.

The thing about having AWF is that no matter what your personality is, it will suit your taste. If you are the structured type, stick to the roads. If you are of the “color-outside-the-lines” type, then take the AWF off the pavement. Whatever you choose, the Christ Follower’s AWF can handle it.

What breaks my heart is that the church in America is dangerously coming close to losing its identity all together. More and more, it seems like the church is taking on the role of the Department of Transportation…the keepers & promoters of the highway infrastructure. Where, instead, I believe the church was created and is to be all about the facilitators of AWF Hummer Communities. The focus needs to be on the vehicle that we are in throughout the entire journey and what gets us to our final destination; not the important, beautiful, & great roads that we use as a part of our route.

If you have ever owned a special breed of vehicle or knew someone that did, then you know when you buy a corvette, a harley, a mustang, or a land rover you just didn’t buy a vehicle; but you bought into a community.

If you ever want to talk about raising funds for a new toll way in Oklahoma, I’m not your guy. If you ever want to talk about a road trip, I’m all ears!

May God continue to grow an AWF in all of us!! Blessings!!!