A new city

After a long weekend of moving in, I had my official first day as
senior minister of Response Christian Church. What a weird day. No
office, no building, no members…no clue what I’m doing. It’s easy to
get caught up in the thoughts of what “I” need to do in order to make
this church materialize. I was reminded today that this isn’t about
what I do here, but what the fact that God has already primed the
people of downtown Indy for a transformation. It’s not about how many
people I will “win” to Christ, but how many lives are already being
prepared for the gospel that will be presented to them. What a relief
it is to know that the pressure really isn’t on me to use clever
schemes, target an “ideal” person, or employ any other idea that man
can come up with in order to achieve “success.”

The truth is already evident to me through the people I have met, that
some people are stoked on the idea of being a part of this, and others
could care less. Either way, it’s there choice. All I can be
expected to do is give them the chance to respond. As I’m walking
around town or riding my bike, I can’t help but to look at every
person I see as someone who might want to be apart of a life-changing
commitment to Christ. Not as a number, a target, or another notch on
the church roster, but as individuals that might not know what God’s
true church really is.

So it’s been a good first day. As I said before, weird, but good. My
main hope is that I can have the courage and faith to press forward
and listen closely to what God might be speaking in the midst of this
new adventure.