What is God Up To?

Sometimes, even when God's direction is apparent, we are slow to respond. Yesterday, Ridley and I had lunch with a guy from KY who is ready to plant a church in Lexington. The fact that someone who knows someone helped us connect is pretty amazing in itself. The thing that makes it interesting, is that it is the 4th "church plant" conversation that Ridley and I have had since Christmas.

From day one, we (Ridley and I) have believed that Ridgeview would be a strategic church used to plant churches throughout North America and even around the world. Today's conversation, coming on the heels of my trip to India last week, and the numerous other conversations that have taken place in the past 6 weeks, has just confirmed that God is up to something.

What does this mean for our church? Does this mean we abandon local ministry? No way! It just means that we have to do everything possible to align ourselves with what God is already doing. We've been praying for men to step up in their leadership in our church... and Sunday we saw evidence of that very thing. We've been praying for multiplied leaders... we are seeing a glimpse of that. We've been praying for clarity in our worship planning... These past few weeks have been amazing in our corporate worship time.

So what is God up to? I believe He's saying, "Trust me... trust me enough to obey me, no matter what." These are exciting days, but we know that warfare is real. Stay tuned.