Today was a wonderful day at our church. The Lord reigned fully in the music, the sermon, and the Lord's supper. I know that this statement would seem obvious but it seems to me that in a church plant, there are times when the focus of the Lord can get lost in the semantics of creating a great service. Today was a good day fully focused on worshipping and honoring our Lord. I think this was also accentuated by the fact that we all got together after the service to share a meal and fellowship together.
A church must function as a united body. When each body part is doing it's own thing separate of the other there will be dissonance in the church. I am beginning to see that you have to be very intentional to keep this from happening in a church plant. It can become so easy to focus on establishing the ministries necessary to sustain a church that the uniting vision that pulls us all together can get lost in the shuffle. Today helped to renew in my heart, the love I have for each person at our church. I saw today how each one of our ministries is beginning to unite to create an incredible church that I believe is going to radically change the town and area we are in. It is so awesome to see God moving and placing people where they need to be. It is so humbling as He takes a bunch of individual puzzle pieces and begins to fit them together into a clear picture of His Kingdom's work.
My best friend and I love biking and have spent lots of time on trails and riding around together. The picture at the beginning of the blog was captured after quite a bit of hard work to coordinate a trick like that. Last winter we decided to try and do tandem tricks together in from of my house. As we enjoyed playing around and attempting tricks, we learned how difficult it can be to coordinate the tricks together. We worked hard that day and were able to begin seeing the fruits of our labor as is evident by the photo. I say all this because I understand how difficult it can be for completely different people to come together and accomplish a great task like planting a church. It is only through the grace of God that he can take those different people and bring together a beautiful picture of Himself through them. Like the work it took for my friend and I to coordinate the bike trick in the photo, I believe our God is coordinating great things for our church because of our hard work and faithfulness.
I am so thankful for each person at my church and all that God is doing in them and through them. I am excited to see how God is going to work in our church this Christmas season. I believe our church is on the cusp of great growth and genuine revival. I look forward to how the Lord is going to reveal new strengths and purposes in each member of our church. I long deeply for our church to develop into a close family with one purpose to affect our world for Christ. Our God is good. Our God is magnificent. Our God is constantly working. Will you let Him prepare you for the task He has created you for in your church? Will you let Him reveal who you are and your purpose in His kingdom today?
Blessings,
Greg
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