Joshua Boyd
As we look for buildings and see the seemingly large number of churches in the area, including others like ours that have lived in different locations, I started talking to the Lord about our church. Are we just getting lost in a crowd of church choices? Do we have a unique voice and purpose? Are there already enough churches in Greenville/Anderson area?
God didn’t directly answer my questions, He gave me a picture. Since the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden, the world hasn’t been the same. What God the Creator intended immediately changed and grew worse over time. He wanted fellowship with mankind, walking with us as He did with Adam. Where God is there is no darkness, not even shadows. There is only complete light.
In my mind I was seeing the number of churches as many candles on a sunny day. That’s wrong. The world is dark and everyone is stumbling around in spiritual darkness. It isn’t sunny, it is pitch black.
Psalm 82:5
They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are unstable.
Proverbs 2:13
From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
