Subtle Much??

For about a year and a half now, a crazy and radical idea has been consuming my thought process for the majority of every day. If you’ve read many of my blogs, or spent much time around me, I’m sure you’ve heard my feelings about where we sinners have taken the church. Through a friend, I’ve come to realize the calling God has communicated through these feelings. Basically, God’s going to start a new church, and he’s gonna let me be a part of it!

I’m gonna be a church planter!!!

Over these past 18 months I’ve thought and prayed A LOT about how and where God would make this happen. I’ve talked to people who know the process, and I’ve made plans to sit under successful church planters for a few years before venturing out on my own. I’ve come up with a list of places that seem logical, but I’ve come to learn that my logic doesn’t quite measure up to God’s, so needless to say, I’m still listening.

I’ve been very adamant about where I feel my place is in the planting process. I tell people that, “I definitely don’t feel called to be teaching staff, just part of the logistics,” but over the past several weeks I’ve found myself desiring opportunities to speak the Truth of the Gospel to people, and strangely enough God has provided those opportunities. It’s almost like His little subtle way of saying, “Oh really? Man, I’m so much smarter than you…”

Really, I’m beyond excited about things. I’ve gone over the “long range plan” with my parents and it just seems to fit. I do, however, ask you to pray for me and the people who will join me over the next few years. Through my BRIEF experience in the ministry, I’ve come to realize that NOTHING about this will be easy.

I love to talk about it, so ASK ME! Who knows, maybe you’re called to jump on board…

After all…God DOES work in mysterious ways…