The assignment

 

Stay On The Assignment

One thing I notice about modern church culture is how much talking exists outside the actual assignment.

Everybody has become an expert on everything.

Politics.
Relationships.
Business.
Masculinity.
Culture wars.
Manifestation.
Marketing.
Trauma.
Motivation.
Celebrity gossip.
Financial strategy.
Social engineering.

Everybody talking.

Meanwhile the core assignment keeps getting buried underneath human commentary.

Paul the Apostle said:

“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”

That is a terrifyingly focused statement.

Not:
“Christ and my personal philosophy.”
Not:
“Christ and my favorite political ideology.”
Not:
“Christ and my motivational seminar.”
Not:
“Christ and my ten-step success system.”

Christ crucified.

Simple.

Even when Jesus Christ taught people how to pray, He simplified it. Humans continuously expand things beyond their assignment. We add layers. More opinions. More systems. More performance. More personality. More noise.

And eventually the talking becomes the center instead of Christ.

That is the danger.

Not every preacher has been called to become a life strategist for every category of human existence. Some of this stuff honestly feels like humans speaking where scripture already spoke or speaking where God never assigned them authority in the first place.

The modern church has become addicted to commentary.

Everybody has a “word” on everything.

But the Gospel is already enough.

Some people act like Christianity needs extra attachments to stay relevant:

• entertainment,

• performance,

• business energy,

• social media theatrics,

• self-help branding,

• worldly philosophy with scripture sprinkled on top.

But if Christ is truly sufficient, why are we constantly adding substitutes around Him?

The issue is not testimonies themselves. The apostles spoke about their lives in reference to what God had done. The problem is when personal opinions and endless commentary become larger than the Gospel itself.

Humans always do this.

God gives something direct.
Humans build a giant system around it.
Then eventually people cannot even tell the difference between the original instruction and the layers added afterward.

Sometimes the holiest thing a person can do is shut up and stay inside the assignment.

Preach Christ.
Love your neighbor.
Teach the Gospel.
Make disciples.

Not every microphone was given permission to become an authority over every subject on earth.