ROAD TRIP!!

I'm pumped about tomorrow morning. Most of our staff plus a couple key volunteers are heading off on a little road trip to the little town of Anderson, S.C. I've never been to South Carolina, believe it or not, so I can add one more state to places I've been. Road trips don't happen very often in my life, and I've probably only taken a road trip with friends only two or three times in my life. So the opportunity to get in the car with friends (isn't it cool that our staff can call each other good friends?) and head out is great.

We're heading to Newspring Church for a little conference called Unleash. It should be good, just a little one day deal, a little refresher, and just an introduction to how they do it. I'm excited because what little I've seen of them, I like. And Mike and I were pumped about the title of the first lecture from Perry Noble: "One Decision Away from Breakthrough." My hope is that each of us as individuals will get something really good out of this time, and that as a group we will just really enjoy each other's company. We darn well better cause we've got three days of it... I pray God would just meet each of us in a special way, tell us exactly what he wants us to hear. I look forward to processing what we hear and see. I look forward to worshipping with the Newspring Worship team. It'll be a nice little bit of fun before the Easter craziness next week. I'm excited about the potential!

Response to this Weekend

So much has come together this week into this past weekend, that has been pretty huge, I think a catalyst for some great personal growth. Reading the second chapter of Tozer's Pursuit of God, doing some Scriptural reflection on David vs. Saul, attending Hillsong United's Conference in Orlando, and having church yesterday all have come together for a weekend filled with re-connection with God. I've found myself thankful to God, and praying for more revelation, for more hunger, for strength to act on what I've heard this weekend and on how God has used these circumstances to speak to my heart. It's been a great weekend. I am reminded of Paul's response to the glory of God in his purposes in Romans:

"Oh the depths of the riches of the wisdom
and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
...For from Him, and through Him, and to Him be all things, to Him be glory forever!"

I was reminded of a quote from Psalm 48 that I heard Brian Houston using on a video this weekend: "As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever." If we trust in Him, cling to Him, hold on to Him, make him our treasure above all else, He promises nothing short of all that He is. I think that's a pretty good bargain.