Over the past few weeks, I've read several books about doing something huge and out of the ordinary for God. A couple from Mark Batternson, "Wild Goose Chase" and "In a Pit with a Lion on a snowy day", and now I'm reading "Your God is too Safe" by Mark Buchanan.
It's so easy to fall into "borderland", as Buchanan calls it, or being stuck with God. We're in the safe zone with God. We want Him to stay at a distance, and not call us to something uncomfortabe, because we LOVE comfort. But most times, God is calling us to something big and dangerous so that we actually have an impact for His Kingdom.
These books have been challenging me to do something HUGE for the One who did something HUGE for us.
Some of our teen leaders will be heading out for Kids Kamp weekend training tomorrow. Maybe this is where my passion will be renewed and I'll actually DO SOMETHING BIG for God.
Maybe I'll get UNstuck from this pit of mediocrity. That's my prayer.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
1Life
Another great week gone by at TLC 09 at Bogg Springs. Nothing like meeting new friends, pick up lines, speedos and incredible worship. Summerhill did a fantastic job with music and Bro Billy Driggers brought the Word. Great challenges from Bro Driggers this week. The theme of the week was 1Life, because we only have one life to live and when we miss opportunities, we will never get them back.
I think the week did a lot of good for much of out youth. Just an incredible week over all. Hearts moved. Students changed. New friendships. Most of all, God glorified.
I think the week did a lot of good for much of out youth. Just an incredible week over all. Hearts moved. Students changed. New friendships. Most of all, God glorified.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
A Sticky Situation
As I was reading from Daniel chapter 3 tonight, I caught a great idea of something that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said. King Nebuchadnezzar had built a 90 foot tall image of gold and demanded that everyone bow down and worship it, and whoever didn't, would be thrown into the fiery furnace.
You know the story.
The trumpets sounded and the 3 refused to bow down to the image, so they were brought to the king. Nebuchadnezzar gave them one last chance to bow down, and then said "But if you do not worship it, you will be immediately thrown into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"
I absolutely LOVE the response Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego give to the king."O king, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
WOW!
Incredible response to the KING. I think these three servants knew something that we could all learn a lesson from. They KNEW that the God they served was capable of bringing them out of the furnace. But even if God didn't rescue them, they would keep worshipping Him, and would refuse to bow down to the image of gold, because our God is the only one who is worthy of our praise.
Sometimes when I get in a situation like this(I realize it's nothing this extreme), I just expect God to rescue me. I expect God to give me my every want, even if it's not what I need. So maybe what I need to do is to continue to worship God and instead of underestimating Him, praise Him because I know that He is in control no matter what happens.
You know the story.
The trumpets sounded and the 3 refused to bow down to the image, so they were brought to the king. Nebuchadnezzar gave them one last chance to bow down, and then said "But if you do not worship it, you will be immediately thrown into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"
I absolutely LOVE the response Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego give to the king."O king, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
WOW!
Incredible response to the KING. I think these three servants knew something that we could all learn a lesson from. They KNEW that the God they served was capable of bringing them out of the furnace. But even if God didn't rescue them, they would keep worshipping Him, and would refuse to bow down to the image of gold, because our God is the only one who is worthy of our praise.
Sometimes when I get in a situation like this(I realize it's nothing this extreme), I just expect God to rescue me. I expect God to give me my every want, even if it's not what I need. So maybe what I need to do is to continue to worship God and instead of underestimating Him, praise Him because I know that He is in control no matter what happens.
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