Obsolete...

I am not getting the results I once did doing what I am now doing. Time to reconsider...

Objectivity...

Sometimes I wonder if I can ever think objectively again. I got an email from a friend who was asking some questions and I reacted with defensiveness and arrogance. I feel like sometimes I am trying too hard to keep something going and fighting to keep it that maybe I am no longer objective and outside of what The Creator is doing. I know I am in the center of decisions and some of those decision have hurt some people I really care about. My schedule is sometimes hard on my family and it doesn't bode well for friends.

I begin my travels around California this week to Napa on Wednesday, Modesto on Thursday, and Pacific Grove on Friday. Speaking at Mount Hermon for a men's conference ("men don't retreat") Friday through Sunday and then to Azusa on Monday morning and Irvine Monday night, Point Loma on Tuesday, Westmont on Wednesday and CalPoly San Luis Obispo on Thursday. This will give me a great time of prayer while I drive and listen, and have good conversation with some great people applying for staff.

You are probably asking why I scheduled a Speaking engagement during this season? I dunno just happy that someone would ask.

This is what The Small Voice said to me the other day...

Dear Theophilus (God lover), I am pleased with your heart and desire that you would let me love you, intimately.

Oh my friend, Theologius (God studier), I would that you not just learn about me but know me.

And my little one, Theophobius (God fearer), that you would allow Me to turn on the Light of Truth to expose the lies that blocks you from knowing My love.

Resolution...

I resolve to quit speaking ill about the organize church, but maybe just ignore it. I was reading Isaiah 1-6 yesterday and found myself thinking that I am not called to speak directly to The Organization but to the disciples. The Organization will always find itself with prophets speaking against it, but I want to be a person who activates the believer. Sure the damage The Organization can do to those interested in following The Quiet Voice can be huge but I am amazed that God somehow always, historically, calls His people unto Him. (I don't mean to make Him masculine by using "His" and "Him")

That is energy wasted and ego enhancing, not Kingdom-centric. Jesus called His disciples, equipped His disciples, spoke and walked with His disciples a lot more than He spoke against The Organization. Unless provoked. So that should be my stance. Easy to point out the flaws but to be a part of the building is an honor. To listen to The Voice, be with people who are also sensing The Way could be exciting. The key is not to be arrogant, ("we got the Spirit, yes we do, we got the Spirit, why don't you?") but fearfully walking humbly before our brothers and sisters, whom we may be spending eternity with worshiping The One True, The Lamb, The Alpha and Omega, The Bread of Life, Creator, King...

Tis the season...

I begin my 13th season of staff recruitment this week. Wednesday in Bakersfield, Thursday and Friday in Fresno.