Mar
14
2009
Die To Self And Lift Christ Up
Tomorrow is a big day. It’s big for New City, it’s big for Coral Ridge, and it’s big for my family and me.
Tomorrow I will preach at Coral Ridge and then after the service is over, the members of Coral Ridge will reconvene in the sanctuary and vote on whether or not to support the pulpit nominating committee’s invitation to me to become the next senior minister and the marriage between New City and Coral Ridge.
I have never prayed so hard. I have never felt more desperately dependent on God. I sincerely and genuinely want whatever God wants. It’s in His hands. I am not my own. I belong to him. Therefore, I will do what He tells me to do and go where He tells me to go. Period.
I have been overwhelmed by the amount of notes from all over the world telling me that we are all being prayed for. Come tomorrow morning at 10:15 (est) thousands and thousands will be praying from all over that God’s will be done. What a great comfort. What an undeserved joy.
I received this admonition from a friend just a few minutes ago and it so summed up my desire that I wanted to share it with you. He wrote:
Die to self and lift Christ up that He might be praised and draw all present to Himself. Pray that The Shepherd’s voice might be heard; His sheep know it and will follow when He calls. Preach in power and demonstration of the Spirit; preach as in the presence of God and do not fear man. His Word is all-powerful; we do not know what the day will bring forth but we are assured of the triumphal advance of His Kingdom and ingathering of His blood-bought saints.
Amen!
Thank-you all for your prayers. I told my wife this morning that I hope we all leave tomorrow knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that “God was surely in that place.” May God come down with great power and take our breath away!