To put one's plans for success down in spirit seems to be a rather odd, if not silly, statement. Who ever puts anything down in spirit? I think the church does.
To put dreams and intentions down on paper is "our" earthling way of doing things. But the Spirit functions in such different and fluidic ways for effectiveness. Ask about God's battle tactics when Gideon was General. Ask Joshua about that day they attacked Jericho. How did any of these ploys look on paper?
Ask yourself how the IRS is doing with its nearly 9000 page income tax code. That's pretty much down on paper. Ask congress how they are doing with Social Security and Medicare plans? These two divisions exemplify sizeable organizational construct.
Here's what I want you to gain from this writing; be confident God knows how to organize when it is down in nothing but spirit. The church appears to be unorganized. From town to town, church varies from church. More so, church varies from church within town to town. Wild and unmanageable (as in bad hair day) autonomy has struck! The organization has collapsed....it would appear.
Yet mark this down...on paper...because individual churches are allowed the room to express their creative abilities without restrictive unimaginative hierarchy holding formal structure over their heads, these churches are getting more done successfully than reporters can enter into their public journals. Furthermore, individuals within such congregations are accomplishing so much good that even their leaders can't keep up with all the amazing works going on.
I would say this Spirit thing God had working centuries ago is still culturally current for the church Christ is building in this century. What do you think?
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