It's already February?

Seriously I blinked and January was over.  What an amazing start to 2014.  It started with the best missions trip I have ever been on to see my friends in Kenya.  Then it just kept right on rolling.  The church is growing; people keep surrendering their lives to Christ.  I am seeing people catch the vision and truly become owners of the vision, which is amazing to watch.  Everything is going great.  I am leaving for India in a few weeks to begin to build the network and strategy to duplicate what we are doing in East Africa.  We are starting a ministry called Restoring Hope where we will be rescuing kids from the slums and helping to ensure they are fed, clothed, and educated.  It’s been an amazing year already and by all accounts I have enough on my plate. 

At least that’s what I thought.  A couple of weeks ago I went for a drive on my day off.  Just God and I talking about the year and the future of Restoration Church.  I pulled into this small town and God asked me a question, can you find a church?  I drove all around this small little town looking for a church and I couldn’t find any.  I googled the town looking for churches, no church. 

I’m not sure how your conversations go with God are but I figure He already knows what I’m thinking so I might as well just say it.  So I said, “Well what am I supposed to do about it?  Restoration is barley 2 years old, we have a church in Kitale Kenya, we will have more churches out there soon.  We will be building the same structure in India,  don’t have a big staff, we’re 2 years old God so really what do you want me to do about it”?

God is so funny, He didn’t give me this big plan or strategy, He just said, “find a church”.  So last Friday I drove back into this small town, drove around, prayed, ate and talked to the local people and to be honest I have no clue if we’re going to plant a Restoration there someday or plant another church, or if it just becomes my Friday prayer and evangelism spot.  And to be honest it’s okay that today I don’t have all the answers.  It’s okay that just the thought has produced more prayer, just the thought has produced dreams for the future.

One thing I have learned about God, the moment I begin to think okay I’ve got this thing figured out is the moment he says what about this. 

I talk to Restoration about God dreams all the time.  God dreams are always bigger then you so it brings you to your knees and God gets all the credit.  I am so thankful for God dreams, even though they’re scary my life is full, my love is deep, and I will never be the same.

Live out your God dream in 2014.  Stop telling God no, stop saying you can’t, and start walking it out.  January is already gone and this year will fly by fast than the last.  Don’t let 2014 be just “another” year, let this be the year that God changed everything because you allowed Him to change you and use you.