When in various discussions with a diverse group of people, both inside and outside of the church, one of the recurring statements or terms used is when people start talking about "the real world." Like, there is a world outside of the confines of the church that is more real than any other socio-cultural construct. Normally, I shrug my shoulders as if I could smell the smoke resonating from the barrel just fired, however, what I want to do is say this:
There is no real world that is not under the sovereign supervision and sustaining power of God. And there is no place in all existence in which the Lord Almighty is not God over all. Although some people would like to say that there is a world apart from what goes on in the body of Christ, there is no such place in which Christ's name is not the highest and most exalted name.
The issue at hand is God Himself. He, the Holy Lord Almighty, is ultimate reality. The profundity of this theology carries forward through every nook and cranny of existence. For without God's willing and creating and sustaining, not one thing would or even could be.
Thus, the real world is the one in which the true and living Lord is worshiped and praised on high for who He is and all that He does. Because of this basic and fundamental truth about reality, God is the same in church as He is outside of the hallowed halls and sanctuary doors. There is no "other" real world, because all the world belongs to Him. Let us then take this mind among ourselves when we consider thinking that anything lies outside of His sovereign hand.
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