“Who Runs the Church?

Colossians 1:18 "He is also head of the body, the church."

In a recent conversation someone asked me, "how long had I been head of Grace Harbor? I said I wasn't. Then they asked, "then who is?" I said Jesus. They said, "No really, who runs everything." I said Jesus. They said, "Seriously, somebody is in charge, a real person." I said, Jesus is a real person and He is in charge and runs everything.

This conversation was going nowhere so I said that when we let Him be the head of His Body, His Church it always runs better. Then they said, "But do you?" I knew what they meant. Do we actually have Jesus as the head of the body, the church? Well... we know we should, and when we don't get into it with each other about who is really in charge and go to Him in prayer or to His Word for guidance, instead of ourselves.

Actually, functionally having Jesus be head of the church is harder than letting Him be head of our individual lives, if you think about it. You know how hard that is. This is a case where two heads or more are not better than one. Anyway, He is head of the church, and me and you. So let's work on that individually and together. 

Amen? Amen! 

Pastor Fred