To Make a Difference
Nov 02, 2008“You are only limited by the size of your vision,” said Dr. Joseph Kidder, our guest speaker for this weekend. We know its true. We believe that “with God, all things are possible”* yet we have memory lapses and limiting thinking that prevent us from stepping wholeheartedly into the purpose God has for us as individuals and as a church. We buy into the fear and anxiety so pervasive in our culture. We loose the plot. We loose focus on the bigger work that God is doing in our lives and in the world. We settle.
Yet, the truth remains, we were made for so much more. You were made for so much more. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”*
“Sometimes in life we have to become less to be more. We become whole people, not on the basis of what we accumulate, but by getting rid of everything that is not really us, everything false and inauthentic.” – Harold Kushner
To make a difference we must let go of what we are not, even though others may tell us its what we are, and step into the beautiful mystery of who we are in Jesus Christ. God has good plans for you, for us, for this church and this community. Is there risk? Yes. Does it take sacrifice? Yes. Are we sometimes afraid? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely!
In the words of Will Rogers: “Why not go out on a limb? That’s where all the fruit is.”
My prayer today is that we will step into all that God has planned. By God’s grace and His Spirit, let’s make a difference in the world!
- Pastor Tara VinCross
- Matthew 19:26
- 1 Peter 2:9
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