And He said, "Thus says the Lord, 'I will make this dry streambed full of pools.' For thus says the Lord, 'You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water...' "
2 Kings 3:16-17a
"God will send the rain when He's ready. You need to prepare your field to receive it."
Hey there family! It has been a while since I have posted and I figured I should get back on and share something that has been on my heart and God has been convicting me of. Yesterday I had the privilege of going to Cornwall church in Bellingham to hear Jake Locker speak on his faith. Before going I was pretty stoked because I thought the whole event was going to be about what Jesus has done in Jake's life and how strong God is in His life. The event started and everything was going great but by the end of the event I was very disappointed. There was really nothing at all about Jesus the whole night. They had worship at the beginning, which was awesome, and then Jake and the assistant pastor came up to do an interview together. The interview was about 30 minutes long and it broke up into sections like this. Football, more football, even more football, and then Jesus. 20 minutes of the interview was about Jake's football life and the last 10 were about Jesus. Shouldn't it have been the other way around?! Jesus should be the reason that we gather in these places. We come to hear the name of Jesus preached and instead we get a very surfacey interview that has hardly anything to do with Jesus. This doesn't just take place at specifically Cornwall but all over the world. People and churches would rather talk about the fun stuff like football, rather than talk about Jesus. God has really been changing my heart on this issues because I used to be the same way. I could talk about sports a lot more than I could about Jesus. I lived and breathed sports...but I realized that sports hold no weight, no value in my life. Jesus is the only thing that matters and that should be what I want to talk about at all times. It's a very dangerous path to go down. Jesus needs to be our sufficiency. I feel that there is a growing epidemic in churches that is very alarming...if you want your church to grow then you should talk about football, drugs and sex, add a little Jesus at the end and then your church will grow. Where has the depth gone?! People should want to come to church for Jesus, not to hear about football. We need to be growing in our relationship with God, not be stagnant in it. I came across this video clip of David Platt talking about this issue and I think he touches on it beautifully. This is guy who wants depth in his church. He is anything but surfacey. And I praise God for that. Take a minute to watch this and I hope it convicts you like it did me.
