God Is Moving
As I’m writing these words, over eighty kids are walking the halls of our church building, moving from one station to the next, where they are learning gospel truths. Yesterday, a child placed his faith in Jesus for the first time. Who knows what today will hold. But one thought keeps repeating in my head: God is moving in this church.
- We have had to fill our baptistry regularly on Sundays. God is moving in this church.
- Two of our highest-attended Sunday mornings this year have occurred in July—a month that is typically known for lower attendance. God is moving in this church.
- One staff member decides to retire from full-time ministry, and God simultaneously raises up a member of our own church to take her place. God is moving in this church.
- Our church was able to extend hospitality to a mission team, which did an excellent job connecting people to the gospel in the Kirkwood area. God is moving in this church.
I could share countless stories of ways God is moving in and through Fee Fee Baptist Church, but I’ll save some space in the Forerunner for the rest of the staff.
What’s exciting about all of these examples is they represent God working through ordinary means. These examples don’t amount to a supernatural revival; instead, they are the results of God working through the things he promises to work through—prayer-powered action, the preaching of the Word, sharing the gospel with the lost. The results feel like antecedents to revival—and I hope, pray, and genuinely believe they are—but these are just the normal results of the Almighty God working through a church that submits our time, energy, resources, preferences, and, ultimately, our wills to him. In other words, these are the results of a church that’s enlivened and empowered by the Spirit of God.
I’m praying for more. As we continue to submit to God’s will, I’m praying we’ll see even greater works from him in and through our church. As we grow more passionate about connecting people to the unifying and life-transforming power of the gospel, I’m praying God will send revival here.
Thank you, Lord, for all you are doing at Fee Fee Baptist Church.