Filed under: Personal
Does change scare anyone? I think for most people it does. At the very least I think that change makes people a little nervous. I am no different than anyone else. Is change easy for me? No, but, I believe that God is sovereign and that He actually likes change. In the Old Testament, God continually brought about change in His chosen people’s (Israel) lives. He continually moved them and moved through them to accomplish His will. In the New Testament Jesus came to abolish the status quo and bring salvation to everyone and wrought change in the religious establishment and the entire world. So one might ask why is it so hard for us to deal with change and why do we fight it most of the time?
I think it so hard for us because we look at change as inconvenience for us and not as a tool for God to accomplish His will. I would be lying to the world if I said that I get this principle and live it out in my life. Change is scary and makes me feel uncomfortable more than I can even describe. But, God does not leave me or anyone else left holding the bag while He allows change to permeate our lives. He gives grace for the change. I know some of you are saying to yourself right now, how “Sunday Schoolish” of an explanation is that? I can only share how God works in my life, so I honestly can tell you that through every time and season of change in my life, God has gotten me through. His grace has covered my life over and over again. Even right now God is speaking grace and peace to my heart even though I am feeling the winds of change.
God is a God of movement and change and I feel like things are kicking into high gear in the ministry that God has called me. C3 Church has been through a lot of change and will continue to change some more to fulfill God’s plan for us. In a previous blog I spoke about feeling uncomfortable and that is one result of change, but it is also a source of coming growth. So what am I trying to say? God gives grace for the change. Change no matter how it comes is never easy but God’s grace is sufficient to get me through. It really is a test of trust. Do you, do I, trust God enough to believe that He gives grace for the change? He’s done it before and He will do it again in my life. Thank you God for giving me GRACE FOR THE CHANGE.
Filed under: Church
What can be said of Mondays? For me it is a time to look back and evaluate how we did on Sunday. I can look back and pick apart everything that was done incorrectly or things that could have been done better. Don’t get me wrong, that is a good thing and we always want to do our best for God and for the sake of everyone that comes into our service on Sunday. Part of that process is evaluation and we will always do that. But I can not forget the biggest factor when looking at a service. That factor is the God factor. Unless the Lord shows up and blesses what we are trying to accomplish then we do it all in vain. We pray every Sunday morning before we lead in worship and ask for God to bless our endeavor but most of all to change lives. We can do nothing without the grace of God on our lives, especially leading others in worship. Looking back to yesterday, sometimes God just moves in special ways. We had an unbelievable amount of communication cards passed in yesterday. Was there some big push to get people to turn cards in? No. Some of these cards were first time guests but most were prayer requests. I believe it is safe to assume that God showed up and moved in people’s lives yesterday. When you present the Word of God through the spoken word or through music God has promised that it will do the job and people’s lives will be changed. Did the God factor apply yesterday? You better believe it did and that makes yesterday’s service a huge success.
