Lessons Learned

Being a Go-Getter can be counter-productive sometimes. My eagerness to hit the ground running with the church plant has caused my head to spin. I know that I have a year to learn the ins and outs of properly planting a church that will last. I have no clue to where to start; however, God in His great wisdom has put me with an organization that is focused on planting churches to reach the lost. The SBCV has a program that equips CPA’s as me with the knowledge and network to establish God following churches that will reach out to the community.

This past weekend, I relearned a very old lesson that I had forgotten; to wait on God. I have read (through my life) of the men of God who waited for Him to use them. Moses waited 80 years to fulfill his calling to deliver Israel from Egypt. John the Baptist began his ministry at the age of 30 which lasted maybe 6 months to a year before King Herod had him beheaded. Paul waited 7 years after his conversion to be set aside to be the one to go and preach in other lands and to write letters that became part of the New Testament. God’s timetable is not our own.

I can see how God is molding me and those around me to accomplish this task of planting a church for Him. God is showing men the vision and they are praying about joining in this adventure with us. I know that as He gives me to tools to do what He has called me to do, everything will down into place. I am called to serve God in whatever He calls me to accomplish for Him. He knows all the days I have left on this globe, and He knows the wheres and the whens, the whys and the why nots. I only need to be faith to Him. He will do everything, and is doing everything. He is the hand, and I’m only the work glove.

Thanks for reading. Until next time.