Glen Hughes
Disruption
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:17
Harvard Business School professor and disruption guru Clayton Christensen says that a disruption displaces an existing market, industry, or technology and produces something new and more efficient and worthwhile. It is at once destructive and creative. Jesus was the greatest disruptor than has even been seen in the history of this world. Jesus invited those in his presence to be born again, to take on a new identity and a new story. His mission was to transform lives and wherever he went lives were transformed. Jesus was a disruptor because his aim was to show what authentic truth was meant to look like. God’s intention was to rescue, to redeem and to restore. If we want our church to be disruptive we need to recognize how much God loves each of us which will then change the way in which we are able to love others.
Love is the basis of godliness. Whatever the profession, no man has pure love to God unless he has unselfish love for his brother. But we can never come into possession of this spirit by trying to love others. What is needed is the love of Christ in the heart. When self is merged in Christ, love springs forth spontaneously. The completeness of Christian character is attained when the impulse to help and bless others springs constantly from within— when the sunshine of heaven fills the heart and is revealed in the countenance.
Ellen G White – Christ’s Object Lessons pg 384