This past weekend at Summit Baptist church we had our Disciple Now (D-now) weekend. As Dave and I entered the week of D-Now a surprising and almost uneasy feeling came about us. What this feeling was is that Dave and I felt completely prepared for this weekend. YES! Fully prepared... We had homes for all 150+ students, we had college and adult help, all our master teachers where ready, the books and where printed and ready to go, people where even prepaying, and finally everything with Steve Fee was set up.
Now if you are ever in ministry you could understand that before any event there is not feeling prepared it just one problem after another. This is where this D-Now or D-Day paradox comes in to play. I began to become really nervous and anxious about the weekend I was waiting to get a call or see some thing to blow up.
Friday came no problem, Saturday came no problem... Here is why I blog about this anyway
This weekend I focused on what could go wrong, but not rejoicing over what went right. This weekend was without a doubt a work of the Sovereign Lord. As Saturday night rolled around I was able to take a step back and realize that; we just had 150+ students here being taught the Joy of Christ. We just had the Bride of Christ come and serve each other. The hand being a hand, and the foot being a foot from people serve and preparing food, or opening up their home for students to stay the night. The Bride was able to serve a family who have devastated by the flood a few weeks ago, but we were able to gather all types of necessity for survival. As my focus was only on what could go wrong I lost sight of how much was going right. I doubted my Savior the sovereign God who is in control of everything. That He could create such an event like this without any bumps or troubles. He doesn't need me but chooses to use me, and so the question is posed "Why do I even worry His glory will be shown?"
To conclude this weekend was absolutely amazing as we got to rejoice over the joy that has been brought to us through Christ and Christ alone. Many students went deeper into the Word of God, and have expressed a lot of interest on either having a relationship or diving deeper with God. That is why this weekend was amazing because God's glory and power was shown in many different ways. That is why we can rejoice! "His Glory IS my reward!"
