preparing for blast off!

Stuck behind a desk has been the story of my day.

A chance at last to prepare at some length; to gather all the threads this week has brought, in terms of what the Lord's been saying through his word and through the reading that I've done and through the countless different strands of conversation that I've had - to gather them all together and to start the final weaving of the message that the Lord means me to bring.

I always get excited when it starts to take some shape: the Lord begins to speak with growing clarity and lays upon my heart what lies upon his own.

For that I need time, seclusion and space. Today was that sort of day. An early start again, but then a concentrated span of hours on end to figure out just what it is he wants to say and how to make it clear.

If I pass on even half the sense of thrill and expectation that I've known myself, the place will be heaving! But then, it's not for me to know just how folk will react - or even if they'll understand just what God's on about!

That's part of the adventure for me: I don't ever know and can't ever tell just how much will get through.

I only know I've got to keep on pressing home the summons of the Lord these days. That's why I've sensed the Lord directing me to take the congregation on a trip back over time to spend a year in Corinth and to see what 'church' was really meant to be. I think we might all be in for a shock or two!

And my hope is it changes our lives!