Proclamation, Identity

These two words have been on my mind for the past few weeks. What is my life Proclaiming? Is my life being a proclamation of Christ? Am I proclaiming the person of Christ to my wife, my kids, my friends, and to the people I come into contact with everyday?  My prayer has been that God would use me as a vessel to share the message of Christ with people without hope.  The second word is Identity. So many times my Identity has not been in the person of Christ but in what I am doing. Lord would you continue to remind me that my purest identity is in You. What about you? What are you proclaiming? In who or in what are you finding you Identity? I hope you will wrestle and evaluate these in your own life.

Going Places I've never been

11 years in youth ministry with no desire to ever enter the position of leading a church. Now i have no choice. God's calling is much stronger than my desire. My main desire is to live a life that fully honors God and brings honor to Him.  So now I journey into places I've never been, Facing challenges I have never faced, Leading in ways I have never led and doing things I have never done. I enter this journey with great humility and fear knowing the only God can do what he has called me to.