Two Months In

It has been almost two months since I blogged last. I have completed my first two months at my new job. It has been an amazing start to a new phase of my life. Working for a church is very different from working at a large corporation like Target. Every day I have to remember that success in my job is much more than getting things done. It is also putting every decision through the filter of God’s purpose. Is the decision or action I am taking driven by God’s purpose and in an effort to make His church amazing, or is it driven by my own motives. It is very humbling to start each day putting your decisions and actions through the filter of being part of God’s purposes.My devotional from yesterday included the following verse: Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. —Proverbs 19:21What a great verse for me to remember and stay focused on!One of the best parts of my new job has been the time I get to spend visiting our campuses. It is amazing to meet the volunteers who give of their time to help make our church amazing. I have gotten to see servants at work and to hear their stories of how God has changed their lives or the lives of their family. It is these stories that makes it so exciting to go to work each day and look for things we do that are good, but with a little effort could be amazing. We have to never be satisfied with “Good Enough”.I feel so privileged to be able to give of my skills and abilities to serve in a way that allows me to find ways to make our church a place that is welcoming to new people, is a place where people can find community and is a place where people can serve based on their giftedness.My challenge is to always stay humble and strive to serve in such a way that God’s purposes are accomplished and that the things that are accomplished are done in a way that brings honor and glory to God. It is not about me, but rather what God can do through me.I am completing my training so that I can be a pastor. Who would have ever thought that I would one day be a pastor? See God does have a sense of humor.