The Rapture Ruined my Lockin

Adam Morris and I were sitting around talking, and he said something that triggered a serious of thoughts to come to my head. They are recorded below:
"The rapture ruined my lock in!" This is the cry of many a youth pastor and even some senior pastors. While it may never be spoken, it is lived out. The attitudes of many of these so-called Christian leaders ring out far louder than their voices ever will. Their youth and the adults in their congregations will come to believe that lockins, games, and programs are far more important than the King of the universe.
Lockins and programs are great, but if there is no reference to Jesus other than thanking Him for our food, then we have left out the gospel and created a social club and not a church. All we are doing is commercializing Christianity. We cannot think up, advertize, or create anything to win people to Chirst. If we attempt to do that, then all we have done is glorify ourselves. What audacity to say that our program drew someone to Jesus! NO, Jesus drew that person to Himself. We do not have the power or the ability to win people to the Lord. All we can do is live because of Him and in love with Him. People will then see our lives and hear our words, and they will want to know our King.
What happened to the days when all that attracted people to church was Jesus? What have we missed in our churches and in our hearts? How did the early church live in order that people be added to their number daily? I think that it rests with two things: belief and prayer. Many of our churches have stopped believing in the power of Jesus Christ. He does not need us to get people to come to church. He does not need us to create a program or create a six-flags-over-Jesus. All we need to do is believe in Him, and live our lives based on that believe.
What does that mean for your lockin or your program? Better yet, what does that mean for your life? You had better put Jesus at it's center or quit doing it. In fact, life with out Jesus is death. Are you a walking dead man or a who is fueled by Christ? Is your program driven by the Lord and His word or by your own strength? Would Jesus' return mess up your plans? Our lives should be so intertwined with Christ's that His plans are our plans, and His return should bring joy to our hearts, not fear or frustration.
We should also pray that His will be done. When we believe, admitt that Jesus is Lord and live because of it, then we must pray. In pray Jesus will change our will to His, and He will act. The power of prayer is far greater than any lockin or program can ever be. Infact, without prayer these things will fail. They will waste away as if they had never existed.
If the return of Jesus would depress you because you wouldn't get to go to your staff meeting on Monday and brag about all the kids you had at your lockin over the weekend, then you need to check your motives, and there is a possibility that you need to get out of the ministry. You may even need to get saved. The fact is that you are definately not serving Jesus, but you are serving yourself. Jesus doesn't need your lockin or your big block party to reach the lost. He doesn't need you getting mad that no one came to hear you preach. He doesn't even need you to get out of His way, because sooner or later, He is going to move you out of His way.