Audacity

This morning at Coast, we continued in our series "One Prayer" with a message from Stephen Furtick. His one prayer, and the focus of his message was "Lord, make us audacious."

It really hit home with me. How audacious is it for us to not just believe that "all things are possible" with God, but to begin to live that way? I know I've blogged about this before, but I must admit that it still hasn't sunk in completely. How about you?

But here's the deal...

God has given us this vision for Ireland, placed us with a wonderful sending organization and allowed us to begin our ministry through short-term trips, which made it possible for us to be sure that Molly was ready for us to go.

The time of the short-term, part-time ministry is now behind us and we press on toward the goal of making our permanent move to Ireland.

Furtick honed in on one word which sat in the midst of what is otherwise an heroic story of Jonathan and his armor bearer going to (just the two of them) face a powerful army. In verse 6 of 1 Samuel 14, as they prepare to go out, Jonathan says, "Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf." Perhaps? Perhaps!?!

It rang in my ears -- this doubtful word. Have I allowed this word or its implications to make its way into my thinking? Oy!

So here's my prayer:

Lord -- give us the audacity to believe that your promise of our full-time ministry in Ireland is not only true, but inevitable -- even imminent! Give us the audacity to believe that everything we do in our work of MPD (Ministry Partner Development) will bring us closer to that goal. Give us the audacity to believe that the monthly support we need is there -- we just need to unearth it. Finally, give us the audacity to believe that You will show us where to dig and when we dig, that we will find Your reward.

Do you have something that has had a big PERHAPS hanging over it?

Pray for the audacity to believe...