On Sunday night God really challenged me through a message I listened to by a passionate preacher named Steven Furtick (www.elevationchurch.org) on Leadership, called "Dress for the Wedding."
As he explained, when God has called us to live out a mission in life, will we listen. He reminded us of the story of Noah, who was called to build a boat. Not a little fishing boat. Not a small pleasure craft - it was a cruise ship - and they never saw rain. Noah heard from God and listened.
Then Steven gave the example of how times we head off to a wedding, this has happened to me & probably you, you're all dressed up and you stop for gas (or a slurpee) and you feel like you have to explain yourself. "I'm heading to a wedding, that's why I'm dressed up." So you stick out, what will you do....do you care, or think, yikes maybe I should just dress down and hang out here.
God really hit me- it's time to live out the mission God has put on my life - to point others to Jesus and stop worrying about other's opinions. I can't be like the Israelites who headed to Canaan and said, "No way Moses, those people are scary & big, so we can't conquer that land!"
Quit taking God out of the equation of your life. Quit saying and believing the doubters, the nay-sayers, those who are stuck at the gas station and haven't been invited to the wedding. God really challenged me that night (Sunday, Feb. 22nd), "Paul, will you step up and move forward, enough talk, now put some plans in place and persevere for my glory?!!"
Put that tux back, on...get that fire of God in your heart and see where he leads....
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Hey Paul,
I'm the youth pastor at Fred Leonard's church. We are STOKED about the possibility of bringing a team up to Port Alberni this summer and I'm praying it works out. Well, I just want to encourage you in your ministry and everything you have in front of you this week. God bless.
Ken Wilkinson
kwilkinson@mountainview.org
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