This picture is of the massive Saturn V rocket on display at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama! This rocket is massive. The Saturn V was used for the Apollo missions to the moon. If this rocket were operational, one would be able to look at it standing and be overwhelmed by the potential within it! The rocket contained 5.6 million pounds of propellant! Just the first stage of this rocket produced 7.5 million pounds of thrust! The rocket stands over 36 stories high - higher than the Statue of Liberty. That is a lot of potential sitting there!
Kind of like the church! Everyday I am reminded of the "potential" power awaiting blast off in every church! We have build pretty efficient and massive organizational structures. We have all the support staff - or ground crew - needed to keep it afloat! We maintain the church very well! However, the power that raised Jesus from the dead lives and resides in us! On occasion we allow the Spirit to move and we get a glimpse and feel of the rumbling Spirit of God!
The Saturn V is not most beautiful on static display in Huntsville! It was most beautiful roaring to orbit with a massive payload on top destined for the moon! The church has potential - which is the polite way of saying that we also have unfulfilled missions! The church is not "most beautiful" on the launch pad! She is most beautiful when fulfilling the mission of God - launching to new heights - obedient in faith to the Spirit of God!
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