Dear First Pres,
This week we finally broke ground on the solar project in our church parking lot. This has been a very long process with lots of delays and frustrations along the way, but we are so glad to be here. The infrastructure is going up and soon we’ll be collecting energy from the sun. Hallelujah!
I love the phrase “breaking ground.” It’s such a good metaphor for our lives. To build something new in the parking lot, we can’t just place it on top of what we have. We have to break ground. We have to dig so that the new infrastructure has a proper foundation. The same is true in gardening. To grow something new we have to break ground, till the soil, dig a hole. As much as I’d like the grass seed to grow when I simply throw it on the hardpan in the yard, it never happens.
The same is often true in our lives with Christ. That’s why Sunday’s “Dangerous Prayer” is so important. We need the Lord to break the things in us that get in the way of experiencing all that He has for us. Yes, it’s scary to pray, “Lord, break me.” But the more we trust the Lord, the less scary it is. The more we trust the Lord, the more we know that He is good and that He loves us and that our best possible scenario in life is to be completely surrendered to Him.
As I asked on Sunday, I will ask again. What is it that the Lord needs to break in you to take you deeper in Christ? What does He need to break in us for us to be more fruitful in our mission? I’m confident that the Lord wants to use this season to shape us for His purposes. When we ask God to break us according to His will, we open ourselves to that good work God wants to do, even if it requires a little breaking.
May the Lord break any hardness in our hearts, any habits that take us away from Him, any attitudes that dehumanize others, any contribution to injustice, any resistance to His Spirit, and any unbelief in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. All for His glory. Amen.
Blessings,
Jeremy
P.S. I’m so grateful for the generosity of Jack & Evelyn Hoover, now with Jesus, whose estate gift to FPC enabled us to make the investment of solar that will benefit our ministry for years to come. Imagine the Kingdom impact if all of us made arrangements to give a portion of what we leave behind to our church.
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