During my time at Fellowship Church I recall Dr. Crawford Loritts saying

“On the way to doing something for God you become something”.

This was said on November 11, 2014.  For whatever reason this thought has not escaped my mind or for that matter my quiet time.  I have been journeying through Deuteronomy studying Moses and the time he had in the wilderness.  It seems that when God begins to move in our lives there is always a time in the wilderness.  For most of us this has a negative connotation.  I have learned to embrace times in the wilderness.  It seems to me that when I am willing to be used by God (and not necessarily see the results), that He chooses to use me.  I know I have had to overcome my sense of ownership of things in my life.  It has taken me years to work through this with the Lord.  The old me would take ownership of an entire project or vision that God had given me…even the results.  I have learned to let this go.  This has been good for me.  As we look at Moses, he journeyed through the wilderness on his way to the promised land for 40 years.  He knew where God was taking them but he also knew that he was not going to complete the journey.  This did not make him any less resolute in his leadership.  He led because that was the field God has called him to.  He accepted God’s call for his life even though it may not had made sense at time

Similarly, when I look at St. Augustine and see that 450 years ago Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles put everything on the line to cross the ocean and to land here in my back yard.  He came here to explore and colonize the new world.  Today, I get to enjoy the city that he discovered.  I get to walk through the streets that he have a vision for.  I get to take pictures of the work that he orchestrated…brick by brick, stone by stone.

Our spiritual lives are the same way.  I know God has called us here to build His church.  I may never get to see all of the ripples that the local church will make in my time on earth and I am ok with this.  I am ok with this because part of my journey has been rooted in letting God use me in the hear and now.  I can’t dictate results or even put my human expectations on God’s vision.  I can only work in the field He has called me to.  I know that in a few years I will look back and realize that on the way to doing something for God here in St. Augustine, I will become something.  I tell myself daily that God is leading our team at Awaken City Church to make decisions for people we have not even met yet.  This same thing holds true for us all…you don’t have to lead people to the promised land or plant a church.  For most of us God has given us a family to lead or a spouse to figure out ‘oneness’ with.  What can you and I do today to realize that the journey God has us on will leave a lasting, eternal impact?  What can you and I do today to realize that as God given you an assignment; in most cases the work that is being done is not by us for God, but on us by God.