The Whole Puzzle
Just last night I was really thinking about all that we’ve seen happen at Life House in the past 8 months and then trying to think through the future for us as a church and it dawned on me – This ministry is much like a puzzle. You see many pieces, don’t know where all of them go and one piece at a time it comes together. Sometimes you don’t find the “right piece” for awhile or even until the puzzle is almost complete but little by little it all comes together. God continually amazes us at how HE is putting this new puzzle together. The people He is bringing together. The talents that people have that are needed in the work are coming together. The heart of the people He is sending us to help with a church that doesn’t “DO” “church as usual” – it’s all really very exciting. One thing that is especially exciting to me is that it’s quite evident that this is all coming about and that I am nothing more than just another piece of the puzzle. I’m not able to make all this happen – but HE IS. He gave us the vision to start the new multi-ethnic work but IT IS HIS WORK and not ours. We’ve had verbal opposition from outside our target community and that was expected. When someone fights against it that is between God and them. We’ve not had ANY resistance in our target community and for that we are thankful. The devil hates what is happening at Life House. He hates it when souls are saved, people are in unity. He hates it when God’s blessings are flowing and it appears that no matter what he is trying – it isn’t working to stop it. This is God’s work – it’s HIS puzzle. We are just pieces in it. We won’t ever see the completed puzzle until Jesus comes again – but one piece at a time He is building it and putting it together. Pray for us that He will continue to find, provide and use every “piece of the puzzle” that is needed to do HIS work at Life House.
I’m blessed to be just one piece of the puzzle — Pastor James