The perfect symphony.....

For my x-cathcerians....


Have you ever seen an orchestra before??? For you guys that are not a big fan of classical music probably you haven’t. An orchestra is a combination of musical instruments that complements each other to produce a song. In the orchestra you could find the strings (violin, viola, cello), the woodwinds (trumpets, flute, and oboe) and the percussion (drums). Individually, they can be played and make a good music but together, they could produce a new genre of music that could not be played individually (did you get that???).

The strings produce a soft gentle sound, a melancholic sound that could calms our mind. While the woodwinds tend to produce a louder sound like an exclamation point in the music. And the drums, they keep the beat on the right tracks.

To make a great concerto ( a genre of music that could only be played with orchestra), you will need a bit of everybody, the strings will need the woodwinds, the woodwinds will need the percussion, the percussion will need the woodwinds, and so on and so forth. To make a great a great concerto they NEED each other.

Same as in a concerto, the church is like a big orchestra. Each of the church members plays different instrument. Some are loud, some are soft. But in the end we’ll need to work together to make a great music.

In the bible, the roles in church could be viewed in the lives of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. These three people are quite often mentioned in the bible. Let’s look at the bible and dig deep, what is the reflection of Mary, Martha and Lazarus’ life with the roles in the church.

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:38-42)

Martha is a type of person that serves, the easiest clue to found Martha in the church is to find a person that likes to set up chairs, sound system, cook some food, etc. We could call Martha is the workers of the church. She keeps the church in the right beat; we could say she is the hand and the feet of the church.

Marthas are not usually in the spot light, they intend to stay in the background doing stuff that can’t be seen. But, without Marthas, the church could not do some action. Just like the real Martha, church’s Marthas sometime complain to the Marys why didn’t they help out with the church’s chores. Marthas have to understand that not all people are Marthas, they have they role in the church.

Mary is the type of person that worships, they are the prayer warriors, the teachers, and they write songs and worshiping God. This is Mary’s part in the church, they cried for the church; they pray for sick people, they are the worship leaders in church.

Last but not least, Lazarus. Lazarus is a type of a person that evangelize people. John 12:9-11 says “Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.”

What is Lazarus doing in the crowd so that the priest wanted to kill him too??? It might be that Lazarus was telling his story about how Jesus raised him from the dead and Jesus is the Son of God. Because of him (Lazarus), MANY of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. So, Lazarus is the evangelist in the church, he get out from the church and start to preach of how God’s grace works.

The church has these kinds of people Martha, Mary and Lazarus. They can’t outshine each other, they have to work together. But at the end of the time, they are God’s instrument after all.

So catcherians, we are going to combine with activaters and become infiniters. Probably right now in catchers, we don’t have much Marys, Marthas, or Lazaruses, everybody seems to have a double role. But when we combine together, there will be a separation of duties, and wouldn’t it be great??? Nobody will have a burn out anymore.

We have to work together so that we would produce a great symphony. It will be hard for the first time, just like an orchestra, it’s harder to manage 100 musicians than 10 musicians, but with more people the orchestra can produce a louder sound so that people can hear. Just like infinite, catchers and activates alone could produce a sweet sound, but together we could produce a louder voice that JESUS IS GOD!

Don’t say that YOU are not important, because YOU ARE! Without YOU infinite will have less Marys, Marthas and Lazaruses. So C’mon and join in the great orchestra of Infinite. We will make the perfect symphony for GOD.