When I worked with Todd at the church, there was something that he would always preach and also pray… “that the name of Jesus would be made much of, that He would receive all the glory.”
This past week that has been resounding in my head… that no matter what we do or say or how we do ministry or how we host teams, no matter what situations happen to us or because of us, that somehow through it all the name of Jesus would be made much of, that He would receive all the glory.
On Sunday Mike preached from Romans 8 about how creation is groaning and we talked about the ways that we groan her in our humanity, in our flesh, living here on earth. And this week we are seeing that… fear, frustration, impatience, fatigue, heat, anger… and honestly, a lot them justified. We have cars that don’t work, we feel the hot sun, we don’t have time to sleep enough, and we didn’t invite the man who broke into the Pettengill’s house and stole things and turned their life upsidedown. Its not that these feelings aren’t valid… because I really think they are. But it shows me how much we need Jesus to receive all of the glory.
He knows the big picture, I am very short-sighted. So what is He doing? How will He receive glory in the midst of our many frustrations? I have no idea. But I do know something. God is up to something. He is building His church. And Satan doesn’t like it, not one bit. He’s letting us know it.
Please pray for us. Pray for my heart to want to see the name of Jesus lifted high. Pray for our actions and maybe even more importantly, our reactions, that the name of Jesus would be lifted high. And pray that at the end of the day our humanity would be so apparent that we cannot do anything but lift the name of Jesus high because it is only through Him that anything around here gets done :)
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