Series: Undivided Attention

Sometimes circumstances have to be just right for something to be effective or to work properly. Sometimes, though, even when something is effective or working properly, we can’t tell. A recipe may turn out exactly the way it’s supposed to, but if we don’t know what the finished product is supposed to taste like, how can we tell if the recipe was a success? If a play on the field didn’t work, is it because the players didn’t carry it out correctly, or did the other team just stop it effectively?

Sometimes it may seem difficult to tell if the church - and by extension the Word - is working. We don’t see the results we expected or the results don’t line up with what we assumed we’d see. How do we know the church is working in our midst here or anywhere? Because the gospel grows. That’s what it does - wherever it is proclaimed.