5. Willing to live on the edge of defeat
Neh 4:1-3 says … “When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he exploded in anger, vilifying the Jews. In the company of his Samaritan cronies and military he let loose: “What are these miserable Jews doing? Do they think they can get everything back to normal overnight? Make building stones out of make-believe?” At his side, Tobiah the ammonite jumped in and said, “That’s right! What do they think they’re building? Why, if a fox climbed that wall, it would fall to pieces under the weight.”
All that Sanballat and his cronies had to say about the Jews was in a natural sense true! The project which these faith-filled people set out to accomplish was a mammoth task and without God’s resources was going to fail! However, as church planting team members we don’t rely upon our own resources. We rely upon the resources of heaven!
In Attleborough and the surrounding villages we are looking to build a church a 200. I don’t think Attleborough will have seen anything like this in generations. Are we swimming with resources? Are we well equipped for the challenge ahead? Could all of this end up being serious egg on face? Certainly! Yet we know that God has called us and that is why we are taking increasing steps of faith in order to see our vision become a reality!
Church Planting team members must get use to living on the edge of defeat, but that’s also where the glorious heroes of God can be found (David and Goliath, Gideon and the Midionites, the early church and the Roman Empire)
Neh 4:1-3 says … “When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he exploded in anger, vilifying the Jews. In the company of his Samaritan cronies and military he let loose: “What are these miserable Jews doing? Do they think they can get everything back to normal overnight? Make building stones out of make-believe?” At his side, Tobiah the ammonite jumped in and said, “That’s right! What do they think they’re building? Why, if a fox climbed that wall, it would fall to pieces under the weight.”
All that Sanballat and his cronies had to say about the Jews was in a natural sense true! The project which these faith-filled people set out to accomplish was a mammoth task and without God’s resources was going to fail! However, as church planting team members we don’t rely upon our own resources. We rely upon the resources of heaven!
In Attleborough and the surrounding villages we are looking to build a church a 200. I don’t think Attleborough will have seen anything like this in generations. Are we swimming with resources? Are we well equipped for the challenge ahead? Could all of this end up being serious egg on face? Certainly! Yet we know that God has called us and that is why we are taking increasing steps of faith in order to see our vision become a reality!
Church Planting team members must get use to living on the edge of defeat, but that’s also where the glorious heroes of God can be found (David and Goliath, Gideon and the Midionites, the early church and the Roman Empire)
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