I'm not sure if anyone reads this but its great for me to write and put my thoughts down on the keyboard. It's crazy to think that its been 4 months since we started Live Church LA. That's roughly 16 Sunday's and everything important in-between. So here's the truth, this is hard and easy all at the same time. Doesn't make sense? Well, its like navigating a brand new road when you're the guide and you don't know what's around the corner, if you have enough gas, do we have money to buy gas, where are we going anyway, what does the destination look like, is there a destination etc. And yet its easy because I realize that there are things beyond my control and that my main job is to love, trust, persist and be anxious for nothing. My faith has really been tested in amazing ways - do I really trust God to lead, guide, speak, provide, and do the impossible!
I know that theologically and philosophically people question whether or not God is in control or we are. My answer to that question and my understanding from scripture is that we can be in control if we want to, or we can surrender it and allow God to be our guide. I chose and continue to choose the later.
Matthew 16:24-26
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
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