We got a lot thrown at us today. A lot of information and a lot of ideas. But we are still trucking. If I was honest I was starting to really feel the weight of the call on our lives and with my human brain was starting to feel discouraged. We are called to fulfill a huge plan that is forty times bigger then John and I. Don't ask me why I picked 40. It was the first number that popped in my head. And I'm saying how God? How can this happen? Is it possible?
We have a direction that we are headed full-force and asking God for His plan and next steps. We have our ideas, but we want God's. I keep looking at this vision and saying we can't do this with just the two of us and for that matter we can't do it with the five senior pastors. We need the team of people that are called to plant this church.
I took new understanding away from this conference. It came from God, but through Mark Batterson: Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD."As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. . Now let me break it down for you. A light-year is 5.9 trillion miles and our universe is 156 billion light-years wide.
On our best day with our best thoughts they are still 5.9 trillion x 156 billion miles away from God's thoughts. Does that put perspective to His plans and why we need to be so in tune with what He is calling us to do and how to do it. John 12:49 For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. Jesus was directed on what and how to say truth. Are we taking the time to get God's direction?
We have some news we are holding on to and I can't wait to spill the beans. Keep checking back for the news. It will be a week or two still.
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