“Take your shoes off, Moses, for you stand on holy ground.”

What made that ground holy?  It wasn’t Moses.  It wasn’t the ground itself.  It was the God on the ground.  So often in successful churches, businesses, and organizations, the temptation is to call the place holy because of … the place.  It’s all about the place.  

The place has its own brand, its own logo, its own T-shirts.  And make no mistake about it, those things can be good.  But when the stature of the place is elevated over the holiness of God, we’ve got problems.  When we care more about whether people are part of our organization instead of being a part of the Kingdom, we’ve got problems.

When I say that Renaissance Road Church is “great,” let me be clear.  Our greatness comes from the things that a great God is doing here.  GOD IS DOING GREAT THINGS AT RENAISSANCE ROAD CHURCH.  Over 120 decisions for the Lord, 35 baptisms, the start of a food bank, the start of a college ministry … all just this year.  

Our ground is holy ground because of the God on our ground, not because of the name on our sign.  Because I know this for sure.  RENAISSANCE ROAD CHURCH WILL DIE SOMEDAY.  It may be next week, next year, or 100 years from now.  This holy place will die.

But our holy God will live on, just as holy as ever.  For now, I’m over-the-top pumped that he is here doing great things, and I treasure each and every moment.