Saboteur

Someone close to me recently told me, "You know, many people go through their whole lives without ever having anyone deliberately sabotage them."

It reminds me of when (nerd alert!) John Watson told Sherlock Holmes (in the award winning series Sherlock) that most people "don't have archenemies." To which Sherlock replies, "That sounds a bit dull."

The person who told me this did not just want to grace me with a random fact; I had just been through a pretty crazy Sunday morning in which our team arrived at The Stone Church to discover that someone had strategically tried to wreak havoc on our Easter Sunday service in a premeditated and deliberate way.

Saboteurs are bent on destroying from the inside. Their goal is to mess things up, stop a common goal from happening, or cause harm within a group without becoming known (to see how much damage a saboteur can actually cause, watch The Hunt for Red October). The great thing about this Sunday, though, is that the OPPOSITE happened. The team pulled together; people sacrificed, encouraged, and overcame.

Nothing was stopped from happening this past Sunday; everything ran smoothly and most people never knew there was ever a problem. And even more, those who stood to lose the most gained the most because we became closer as a team, more determined, and joyful that we're seen as such a target that we need to be attacked.

A church that does not cause a stir among the enemy is worse than dull. It is not doing it's job. And we will continue to do our job of loving and caring for people, no matter how many saboteurs may come our way.

"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future."  -Adolf Hitler (Saboteur and one of the most evil, repugnant people in history)