WILD THINGS: THE POWER OF OUR CRAZY CONVICTIONS

The Wild & Crazy Faith Of Elijah & Elisha

“Those who think they are crazy enough to change the world usually do.”  We who follow Jesus have been called to do something that is by all rational thought crazy – we have been called to change the world.  As the Body of Christ, our mission is nothing less than to be agents of transformation, hope and healing in a broken world.  No political party has what it takes to offer “change you can believe in,” but the Church does.

Do you remember what Jesus told his followers?  He said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing.  He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12)  Our conviction as followers of Jesus, based on the words of Jesus himself, is that we can do greater things than Jesus did.  Does that sound a little crazy to you?  Maybe so.  But maybe that’s what it takes to accomplish our mission – a wild and crazy faith.

Two of the wildest, craziest characters in the Bible go by the names of Elijah and Elisha.  Their adventures are recorded for us in the Old Testament books of 1 and 2 Kings.  They lived in troubled times, and they faced overwhelming odds, but they lived with the crazy conviction that God had called them to change the world.  And they did.
And so can we.  Join us at Cornerstone as we explore the wild and crazy faith of Elijah and Elisha and discover for ourselves the power of our crazy convictions.