Am I willing?

So I read something the other day that really struck me. It was about how we need to be willing to place ourselves in a position where, if God does not show up, we will be seen as complete fools. What do you think about that? What does the Bible say about that? What would it look like for your life?

Our whole recent "journey" into church planting began about a year ago. Before Scott ever even left Providence, before church planting was ever even in our conversations, when we were humming along with life, when Micaiah was only a mere 3.5 months old, Buddy preached a sermon at Grace about faith stories. It struck us to our cores. He challenged us to think of what faith stories we have. Do we have any stories that show we've had to trust God for something big? He talked about the importance of sharing these stories with our kids so that they see our faith as they grow.

We drove back to my parent's house to pick up Micaiah racking our brains for faith stories we've heard growing up. There weren't many. There certainly weren't a ton from our own personal lives. I told my small group around that same time about how Scott and I really wanted to trust God for something big. I mean, if He's so powerful, why haven't we been seeing that power?

Maybe because we're control freaks and we don't know how to let go.

A few weeks later, he rocked us and began us on a journey we never expected. Enter...what we feel is going to be a serious faith story. Because honestly, if God does not show up here in where we believe he's lead us in Augusta, we'll look like complete and utter fools. As Micaiah grows, will he observe extreme faith in our lives? What we will be able to tell Caeden about how we were expecting God to come through for our family around the time he was born? Will they catch our vision?

Do you have faith stories? Are you willing to put yourself in a position where, if God does not show up, you will look like a complete fool?

If you want something for the background of your Christmas baking and wrapping, listen to this sermon from Buddy!