My Greatest Goal

Few pastors encourage me the way Francis Chan does. There are a lot of pastors who are very gifted teachers. There are pastors out there who are smart and can lay out exactly what you should do. But there are very few pastors who live out what they preach more than Francis Chan. Francis is always warning the Christian to be aware of where there soul is. A temptation creeps in each believer, especially in America, to become comfortable. Comfort is a very dangerous thing in the Christian life. As we become comfortable, we rely on the Spirit less and less. That is a very dangerous thing.

I remember watching a video clip of Francis holding on a balance beam. He used the analogy because that is how many of us, including myself, live our lives. We try to be so safe and so comfortable that we rely very little on the Holy Spirit. If the believer is holding on to the balance beam and is relying very little, if at all, on the Spirit of God then they are going to make a small impact on the kingdom.

Unfortunately, I am holding on the balance beam. My goals in life were very self motivated. I wanted to have a decent sized church. I wanted to have a good pay package, rich with retirement and benefits. I wanted people to know who I was. I don’t want that anymore. If nobody knows me and I am called to spend my life in a village in Africa serving God I am ok with that. If I labor hard for Christ and nobody ever knows my name I am ok with that. I just want to serve God, move where He moves me and hear “well done” when my time is up.

Thank you Francis Chan for modeling this and being an example. Pastor, what is driving your ministry? If it is for anything other than fulfilling what God has for you, I pray you get back on track. Our ministries will only be fruitful to the extent that we let go of our desires and dreams and surrender to God’s desires.

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