Sunday, August 18, 2013

Striving For Success On God's Terms

When I became the pastor of the church in Oak Lawn, I (secretly) thought I would be the successful pastor of the successful church filled with successful people.  I was not anticipating the possibility that God had other plans in mind.  As time has gone by I’ve come to realize that a more accurate description of the situation would be that we are the church for hurting people.

That was not what I was expecting.

But God is helping me understand I can still be the successful pastor of the successful church filled with successful people.  It’s just that I need to have an accurate understanding of success as God defines it.


Success is this:  Faithful obedience to God.

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