I am always so amazed at the way Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church thinks. I believe him to be a genius, yet it has nothing to do with his intelligence (I am sure he has a brilliant mind). It has everything to do with his heart, passion and creativity.
I just read his blog post for today. It’s about trusting God as referenced in Proverbs 3:5-6 which reads: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
How does Steven Furtick represent his trust in God?
Our church is not going to do a capital campaign, we’re just trusting God to bring the resources if He wants us to have them.
Can you really grasp the reality of that? There are several books written on how churches are to do capital campaigns properly. Pastors get attention for when they start a multi-million capital campaign and hit their targets.
We in the ministry trust in God that if we have a need to raise money and announce it to the church and our community, that God will come through and put it into the hearts of the people to give and have the need met. However, how much faith does that show compared to a church that won’t make a push for raising funds? Pastor Furtick says just trust in God without the big announcement. If God wants it done, he’ll find a way that points directly to his awesome power and to the fact that he is alive and with us today. That’s just over-the-top powerful, trusting genius kinda talk!
I put my trust in God every day, yet I feel like I still do too much. I’m still learning the art of patience and waiting on God in some areas of my life and ministry. After reading Steven Furtick’s blog today, I find myself challenged to really do what is necessary to make it all about God with nothing left that points to me when it comes to trusting him. As I embark on a time of having to cast vision and see how my community responds to both the gospel and a call to help support our upcoming church plant this year, I need to spend more time trusting God and not getting discouraged or over-zealous in my attempts at raising financial support. God will show me the way to get things started with the church plant and I must just be committed to put my best foot forward and prepare myself using the action steps in Ephesians 6.
Father God, today is the day that I ask you to show me how to give everything I have to you. May I trust your faithfulness and the vision you have shared with me in bold, yet simple, faithful ways such as Pastor Furtick is doing. Thank you for allowing me to receive your wisdom, strength, power, love and hope from Pastor Furtick’s blog. Keep my eyes open, my ears listening and my heart steadfast to hear your voice as you call upon me to trust in you. I am always so humbled by the examples of boldness in your people and may you always reward their trust in you by delivering upon your promises. Thank you that you are my God and allowing me to get to a place where others may see you through your actions in me so that they may declare you to be their God as well. I am in your humble service and excited to see where you lead me as I trust in you more and more. In the name of Christ, amen.
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- Sunday Night Reflections: June 14, 2009
- Sunday Night Reflections: June 21, 2009
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- It’s all about me!
Tags: capital campaign, elevation church, proverbs 3:5-6, steven furtick, trust in God
good thoughts;when people or churches say they’re trusting God, it makes me a lil confused, and wonder what that really means, what that looks like. does it mean they’re talking to God in prayer and not talking to anyone else? doing nothing else? no private meetings with potential major donors? no fundraisers? no pledges? saying that having faith and trusting God is an amazingly inspiring thing to say, but maybe it’s just me, that i often don’t know what that looks like in real life.