You know those airport walkways... the ones like moving sidewalks? So far in this faith walk into church planting, I feel like I'm walking the wrong direction on one of those.
- On good days it's two steps forward, one step back.
- But other days it's one step forward, two steps back.
I'll admit, it gets frustrating. I wish we could just take three steps forward, then four steps forward, then two steps forward, and just keep going.
But that hasn't been the case. I know it isn't for a lack of trying - I'm working as hard as I probably ever have. But whether it is with The RiverTree Project, or house projects, or fundraising, I feel like God has me walking against the flow.
Some people will see this as a "sign" that I'm not called into church planting, or that I'm really working against God and am not following His will.
But I know I'm not going against God. In fact, I feel like this is exactly where He wants me and my family. I am having to trust that He really is orchestrating the timing of all this, and there is a purpose in the slow go.
So I am hoping that these forward and backward steps aren't just movement for movement's sake. Rather, I'm believing this is a dance the Lord has us in that will reveal itself one day to be a very beautiful thing.
Alright, enough complaining - I need to get back to attempting another dance step forward...
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