This morning I had the, um, privilege of sitting in a meeting with some of the leaders of Calvary talking about the upcoming budget proposal. Now, I’m not real big on meetings in the first place. But toss in a whole bunch of big numbers, and I start to go glassy-eyed.
Before you budget-lovers start to blast me, let me say that I know that this is important stuff that we’re talking about–I totally get that. I have come to know and love and trust the other leaders around me, and some of them are much (Dan Dorsey) better (Dan Nold) than I am with all the budgetary processes. We’re working on this as a team, and I’m glad to have those guys hitting in the lineup ahead of me.
We’ve seen some great things happening in Happy Valley, and believe that God is leading us to make a greater investment and commitment to reaching the next generation of leaders. Our gatherings are growing as people are coming to Christ and inviting their friends to come to church with them. This is all very exciting.
But a large chunk of the people who come to Calvary are college students, and the yearly giving reflects that. This is not a gripe and moan session; it’s just the way it is. I wouldn’t trade situations with anyone, anywhere! But it’s the reality of our situation. We have to figure out how to budget to move toward some of the things that we believe God is calling us to do.
I left the meeting a little discouraged, I’ll admit. But I got to sit in the woods this afternoon, and spent some time praying…thinking and listening and asking and waiting on God.
He said that it’s his plan. And all the resources are his. And to think that he’s not going to provide the resources to accomplish the things he has planned for us is faithless and stupid.
So I prayed for faith. And I prayed for wisdom. And I prayed for the resources to show up. And I prayed for a deer to walk by.
I didn’t see any deer today, but my faith definitely got a boost. I can’t wait to see how God pulls this together.
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