It is comforting for me to read a passage like Isaiah 55, because I am so thirsty for God. It has been good today to read over and over again this invitation to come a drink with him…
"…but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
Get any minister to be 100% honest and they will tell you that they count the people in the seats. It matters to us. It matters to the people in the seats. Numbers matter. The more seats that are filled, the more successful a church is. This may or may not be true, but as a student minister I feel immense pressure to "save" a generation. Parents drop off students and when they pick them back up they are supposed to well-polished "Christians". My perception may have certainly become my reality and every parent may not think this way, but I feel the weight of this pressure daily. Can I be content to know that God's word does not come back empty? Can I be satisfied with God accomplishing what HE desires? How long before I realize that I am just clay in the potter's hands?
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100% honest?
Yes, 75 people on a Sunday morning would make me wonder if I had done something. But I hope we've been doing kingdom work long enough to know that 275 people on a Sunday morning doesn't necessarily mean we are doing everything right. In fact, come Easter morning we will have a sunrise service around a campfire. There may be 15, or 25, or 75 people there. How many matters less than the realization that everyone there will come thirsty for God and leave satisfied.
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