Seek First
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:33
Good morning and Happy New Year! As we turn the page from what is likely one of the most challenging yrs in modern history, I can't help but wonder how different 2020 might've been w/out Covid.
IDK about you, but I remember well the optimism I had for our church, my family, and for myself at the start of 2020. If you remember, we laid out a vision for the next 7 yrs just 12 mo. ago - and now it seems like a blur. But not all has been lost, and I can assure you God wasn't taken by surprise. If anything, in many ways, 2020 has been a gift to the church to refocus our hearts, to recalibrate our ministries, and to remind us that life/ministry are about people/relationships - and not programs/facilities.
Personally, thru-out 2020, I have viewed this yr like the navigation apps on my phone. I set my desired destination in my phone for directions, and then as I set out for the journey, due to some unforeseen incident, my phone re-routes, and takes me on a detour to reach my destination. Inconvenienced - maybe, but were still moving. This is how I see 2020. Our destination as a church hasn't changed, and most likely, your destination as a family, in your career, in your education - and certainly in your relationship w/ God - it hasn't changed - it's just been re-routed.
While such a change of plans may be unnerving, it's not always bad. And while I'd like to have a 2020 do-over minus Covid - the fact of the matter is there have been many blessings and new opportunities afforded to us b/c of the pandemic.
W/ this in mind, as we open 2021, I want to lay before you a simple yet critical challenge found in the Sermon on the Mount. It's a challenge to keep the main thing the main thing. It's a calling of focus/priority. It's an encouragement to put God first in your life.
In the midst of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offered an essential encouragement/promise that if we'll apply this (1) thing to our lives; it'll m ...
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 6:33
Good morning and Happy New Year! As we turn the page from what is likely one of the most challenging yrs in modern history, I can't help but wonder how different 2020 might've been w/out Covid.
IDK about you, but I remember well the optimism I had for our church, my family, and for myself at the start of 2020. If you remember, we laid out a vision for the next 7 yrs just 12 mo. ago - and now it seems like a blur. But not all has been lost, and I can assure you God wasn't taken by surprise. If anything, in many ways, 2020 has been a gift to the church to refocus our hearts, to recalibrate our ministries, and to remind us that life/ministry are about people/relationships - and not programs/facilities.
Personally, thru-out 2020, I have viewed this yr like the navigation apps on my phone. I set my desired destination in my phone for directions, and then as I set out for the journey, due to some unforeseen incident, my phone re-routes, and takes me on a detour to reach my destination. Inconvenienced - maybe, but were still moving. This is how I see 2020. Our destination as a church hasn't changed, and most likely, your destination as a family, in your career, in your education - and certainly in your relationship w/ God - it hasn't changed - it's just been re-routed.
While such a change of plans may be unnerving, it's not always bad. And while I'd like to have a 2020 do-over minus Covid - the fact of the matter is there have been many blessings and new opportunities afforded to us b/c of the pandemic.
W/ this in mind, as we open 2021, I want to lay before you a simple yet critical challenge found in the Sermon on the Mount. It's a challenge to keep the main thing the main thing. It's a calling of focus/priority. It's an encouragement to put God first in your life.
In the midst of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offered an essential encouragement/promise that if we'll apply this (1) thing to our lives; it'll m ...
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