DIY and Holiness

I keep talking about doing things in-house. It’s a symbol of withdrawing back inside your own borders, of reinforcing your own domain. Of course, I’m referring to the domain you hold as a feudal grant from God. It’s your calling, your mission. It points to the things He has granted you, as both a burden and a privilege.

While self-reliance is always a good thing, it becomes especially critical during times of tribulation and wrath. That’s where we are now. It’s entirely human of us to grow up in an environment and not give too much thought to whether elements of our environment are good or bad. It takes a special sensitivity that only God can provide in awakening our hearts to begin breaking free from the demonic lures in our social environment. Renewing the emphasis on self-reliance is a way of freshening our awareness of our divine calling.

We call out to Him to come and visit, and we welcome His wrath as simply the other edge of the sword that brings blessings. We say: “Lord, let your wrath be poured out against sin, and start with mine!” For those who cling to Him, wrath is but the first stage of restoring shalom. This restores us individually to doing for Him those things He called us to do, and making room for Him to supply all the things we were not called to do.

But faith is not something that can be farmed out to third parties. If the message and covenant of Radix Fidem appeals to you, let me encourage you to be ready always to worship outside of the mainstream churches. Don’t leave your church just because I did; I won’t tell you to quit your church. Leave because the Lord is calling you to something they won’t do. Leave because you cannot serve the Lord there.

I realize that larger and denser church organizations provide all the comforts of home better than you can do for yourself. It’s hard to replace church music productions, fellowship meals, etc. I miss those things, too. But they came at the price of stifling my own divine calling, so I had to pack up what I could carry and do for myself, and step out into the wilderness where Christ stood calling to me. I’ve been worshiping in my home for more than a decade now, and it works a whole lot better. This is where I found shalom.

That’s the image behind moving to this blog service with a different URL. I’ve lost some of the conveniences offered by WordPress.com and some of them can’t be replaced. The Lord warned me in my heart that I couldn’t trust them to support me as His message through me becomes more challenging to the mainstream.

I believe I will try offering email notices manually. Once we get the email for this domain set up, I’ll establish a routine just for that purpose. Those of you who prefer getting notified of new posts by email can ask to be added to my manual process. If there aren’t any significant difficulties, we’ll stick with that. Once it’s ready, you’ll see a notice posted in the right column (AKA “sidebar”).

Pray for us as we work through the growing pains and shifting more of our community activities to DIY.

Update: It’s all set up. Check the “Contact me or subscribe” block on the upper right side.