Dearly beloved brothers and sisters, I need to start this letter with a confession. As I have been searching along with you for a deeper more meaningful Christianity I must admit that often my attitude has suffered. When I look at the church we actually have today it seems there is something wrong with just about everything. This can be depressing at the least, but fortunately someone has sent me this quote by a renowned saint who discovered a much better perspective on this same (probably timeless) problem. It has really encouraged me; I hope it does the same for you....

SEEING THE ACCOMPLISHED FACT
by Watchman Nee 

"We are His masterpiece." (Ephesians 2:10) The Church is the very best God can produce.  It can never be improved upon. 

We look around and see breakdown everywhere and we wonder, "What is the Church coming to?"  I tell you she is not coming to anything; she has arrived! 

We do not look forward to discover her goal; we look back.  God reached His end in Christ before the foundation of the world and we move forward with Him on the basis of what already is. 
 
As we move in the light of that eternal fact, we witness its progressive manifestation - you advance spiritually by finding out what you already are, not by trying to become what you hope to be. 

It is when you see you are dead that you die (i.e. manifest ones death in Christ);
It is when you see you are risen that you arise;
It is when your see you are holy that you become holy.  Seeing the accomplished fact determines the pathway to the realizing of that fact. 

The end is reached by seeing, not desiring or working. The only possibility of spiritual progress lies in us discovering the truth as God sees it; the truth concerning Christ, the truth concerning ourselves in Christ, and the truth concerning the Church, the Body of Christ."    

End

One of our problems today is that we look but we do not see, the true church is not in a building, it’s not a denomination and it certainly is not on the 700 club--although remnants of the true church certainly appear in these places from time to time. The true church is all those people out there who are following King Jesus, trusting in him, allowing him to wrought changes in them, people becoming transformed, people who begin to reflect his image. These are real Christians which is literally translated as LITTLE CHRISTS, and this is the way of love, if you too are of this way you will know these others because the same spirit that is in you will leap in joyful recognition whenever you meet.  

This is the church of which Nee speaks, look for it.