Striking the balance
There are days like today where I just want to pack everything up and move to Evansville and get on with this church planting thing. Things like the unexpected earthquake and tsunami in Asia, or Reggie White’s sudden death, or even remembering Greg’s passing, smack me in the face and yell to me that life is not as long as I’d like to think. Stop sitting around preparing and go out and do what you believe God is leading you to do. I get so impatient!
But then again, I also sense a tugging, telling me to slow down and let Him prepare me a little more. I’ve rushed into things without being prepared before…it wasn’t pretty.
Where do you draw the line between preparing for works of service and doing works of service?
There’s so little time.
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On a somewhat related note, I’m scheduled to preach at Sonlife for the first time exactly one month from this date (Feb 13). The topic, amazingly enough, is about using your time for God’s glory. That’s similar to the sermon I delivered a year earlier in North Carolina. On February 29, I talked about making the most of an extra day of the year.
Is God trying to tell me something?
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I understand that you seem to struggle with waiting and life passing you by- but it’s not so much like that. Believe it or not, you’re living life. It’s not passing you by. You’re growing and learning, so when you do go start a church, you’ve already expereinced a church plant, and not starting from scratch. You’re spending time letting God get out the kinks and working on you so that you’ll be better prepared to handle the situations he has for you in the future. Even though it’s hard, you can understand you’re in the right place, even when the ants in your pants are getting you all in a fluster.
Remember, wether we like it or not, our life is not our own.
Hopefully, Joanie and I can come to Sonlife and see you work your magic!
You can do this!
BOB
Bob is so right. That 5 years in VA was not so fun, especially the not knowing what to do next part. But I could not have taken the step of coming to Emmanuel without that time to grow and mature. God has a plan, and he is using this time. Just keep listening.
P.S. Take a look at Joanie’s entry. Talk about timing.. weird that your entires were stacked on top of each other in my journal. COULD IT BE A SIGN? 😉
bob’s ps
i was just thinking the same thing! Eerie. Eery? I have no idea how to spell it, but you know what I mean.