Counter-Culture and Relevant

It is counter-culture to go against the grain when there is a trend the world takes.

It is relevant to reach people in the culture they live in, but it is counter culture that they need to escape to Christ.

A drowning man exists in a drowning culture, when we throw a lifeline to him, he is being reached by being counter-culture, because everything in his world is drowning.

When we reach into a teen's life to minister to them, we reach into a teen's culture of friends, ipods, txt msg, school and life. We are not in that culture, because we're adults. We know about the culture, and we use it as needed to reach the teen. We may even share a txt msg or a song from an ipod. We still don't live in their culture. We need to be an anchor in the adult culture and throw them a lifeline to bring them up into the adult culture (good or bad) so that they can mature as a person, and mature spiritually.

We are called by God to be sheep among wolves, Matthew 10:16 "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves." We should know and understand the culture we are reaching out to, but we don't have to live it, accept it, or join it.

Counter-culture is not irrelevance. It is taking a stand against the tide that threatens to sweep us away from the foot of throne of God. We need to rely on God for the strength, dig deep into the Word for knowledge and wisdom, and pray for the power to stand.

For example: The divorce rate has been increasing over the last several years to the point where it really is affecting nearly everyone. Divorce Stats The divorce rates in the church have increased as well. This is not counter-culture, it is moving with the culture. We need to be counter-culture and support families, that are in danger of breaking up, rush in and support them, show them Jesus loves them and has a better plan. For families that have already broken up, we rush in with Jesus who is a soothing balm for the wounded and a chain breaker that breaks the cycle to the fourth and fifth generation.

Let's be Counter-culture and relevant.