Church On The Edge

I was heard to say, earlier this year, that if a Church has a deficit, or if it is on the edge, that's the way it's supposed to be. Not surprisingly, one or two people looked puzzled if not perplexed. Alternatively, one may think that a Church should be in a sound financial position (whichever way one might define that), or that a Church should deliberately be over-spending (one minister asked me where one's faith is if one doesn't -- another said that one should always be over-spending by one-third). OBSERVATION: It is for a number of spiritual reasons that I say a Church should be on the edge, not least that the Lord Himself would have it so. However, I do think that every Church should be striving for the best.