Saturday, May 21, 2011

I'm Still Here...

So, the rapture of the church that was supposed to happen today has failed to materialize. I have restrained myself from the poking and picking that I have seen so many on the web do over the last few days. Don't get me wrong, a large part of me wanted to make fun of the notion just to make myself seem "not crazy" to my non-believing friends. I never for a second believed today was the day, not that it couldn't have been, because that's up to God. In fact, I hadn't really given the whole "rapture is May 21st" much thought at all until two days ago. That's when it hit me.....what if it is???

Now, I don't want to sound crazy because I didn't believe it was the day at all....but I just felt this overwhelming burden that said what if it is? Over the last two days, I felt the Holy Spirit begin to lay on my heart the faces and names of all the people I know that haven't yet met Jesus. Honestly, I've felt an overwhelming sense of sadness for them. What if it was today? How many family members would have missed out? How many of my friends would have missed out? What about my students? My children? I mean they accepted Christ when they were younger but are they really his?

I can say this, I don't want to make fun of the crazies that predicted the end of the world as we know it. I do however, want to use their foolish mistakes as a reminder that sometime, someday he'll come and until that day I want to reach as many people with God's love as possible. I want to be about my fathers business.

Without Him I can do nothing....with Him all things are possible.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Sunday Mind Dump (Monday Edition)

Still nothing to blog about ministry wise so I am going to take a minute to talk about a great message in church yesterday. The church we've been hanging out at had a missionary from Poland in and he gave a killer message. It was all about not being afraid to go after what God is calling you to go after. One of his points was "If you're waiting for perfect conditions before you act, you'll be dead before you act." How true!

God calls us to do things in his time and for his purpose. We move based on that and not our ideal circumstances. How fitting. Whether the move is personal as in I need to do something or corporate meaning the church needs to do something....we move when he calls us, not when we're ready.

So let's dump about this principle a little:
  • Maybe God is calling you to step up into a ministry role and you are waiting for somethinto happen first....stop waiting and do it.
  • Maybe God is calling you to change careers, stop waiting for the perfect situation and do it.
  • Perhaps God is calling your church to take new ground but your afraid finances are going to hold you back....take a step of faith and do what he's calling you to do and trust he'll provide.
  • Maybe you've had a longing to start a family but you're waiting for the perfect job first, or building up more money...you'll never have enough of it...so just do it.
I could go on and on but the point is still the same....whatever it is step out in faith and go for it!