The incapacitated church? [Book excerpt]

The sons of Israel cried to the LORD; for Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of whose army was Sisera, lived in Harosheth-hagoyim; and he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he
oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.(Judges 4:3).
In that text, one man with some nine hundred iron chariots oppressed the people of God for twenty years! One needs to ask questions. Such questions are: what were the children of Israel doing in all those twenty years? They did not invent their own chariots for combat.They did not lease, acquire or buy up some of the 900 chariots from their oppressor? Did not buy stocks and gain some measure of control in the business of chariots production?
Another story struck my attention:
"The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots."(Judges 1:19).
Yet another similar story:
"But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day." (Judges 1:21)
These stories drives us to consider the place of every thing that drives the economy of man since the beginning of time. Naemly: Agriculture, Industrialization, Oil, Technology, Idea, and what else? We can see one common thread in all these things. And that commonality is is impeded in CAPACITY. There was no serious productivity without strong capacity. Total takeover in the years to come will require strongest capacities. The stories of the children of Israel confirms to us that the church must improve her capacity if she will take her place in the circuits of life. And we must be reminded that the church is an agreegate of her individual members. This term: "take her place" means a lot. It is not limited. The place of church is not limited within the four walls of some physical building. Contrary to the popular belief of some; the church's role is even far from buying landed properties all over! That is good. But it is not equal to gaining grounds! The church must empower her people to be able to stand toe-toe with the "societal gurus". We must be able to name more of church folks among the diplomats, the technocrats and policy makers of this age. If we had to invent anything greater than all the applications the world is hooked onto; then we must! If we did not invent Google, Facebook, Twitter, and others; then we must be able to buy them up! Own them; i said!
Productivity and capacity are inseparables that cannot be thrown on the substitute bench. When Jesus said go into the world and preach the gospel, was he asking us to become nuisance on people's doors? Was he asking us to create noise pollution? I say No. If you are truly offering values and you are delivering solution  that cannot be denied, people will definitely open their doors unto you. Selah!
Acts 1:14 says: "All of these people [the 120 disciples] were talking to God..." Until the day of Pentecost came and they all got baptized in the Holy Spirit. Sadly, they stayed in Jerusalem even after their baptism. They stayed up in a room in a house, until the persecution had to scatter them abroad.We love the easy, cozy, warmly feelings of the church-atmosphere! This is not bad. However, it must be noted  that when we start realizing how much is really at stake; we will launch into movements. When we see a glimpse of what is expected of us as a people of God; we will start getting our bearings rightly.