Convergence
There are times in life when you feel a convergence--that somehow the past has perfectly prepared you for a moment or an opportunity. That's how I feel right now.
When he was chosen as Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill said, "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial." That was May 10, 1940.
That's how I felt yesterday--October 22, 2004. Some things feel into place with trying to get ID published that can only be described as God ordering my footsteps (Proverbs 16:9). I'll describe in detail if things fall into place the way I think they will. I don't want to be presumptuous, but I sense God opening a door and I want to give God credit before it happens. How's that for a mysterious blog?
A reporter once asked Sam Walton how WalMart became an overnight success. I love Walton's answer. He said, "It took twenty years to become an overnight success." That's how I feel about this book. It took ten years to write a book in five weeks.
There is nothing like playing on God's team and knowing we're only responsible for input. He's responsible for outcomes! And when you rest in the fact that God is in control of and responsible for outcomes then you enjoy every "success" with God. It's shared joy.
That's how I feel. I can't honest say, "I did it." I have to say, "We did it." I have to give credit where credit is due--the Holy Spirit.
It's hard to describe, but there was nothing easy about writing. At times I distinctly felt God's anointing as thing converged, but it was hard. It took lots of determination. I hardly slept the last week. I was up till 2 AM most nights and back up at 6 AM.
But if things come together the way they seem to be, there is nothing hard about getting the book published. And that's how it is when you're on the "moving sidewalk" of God's good, pleasing, and perfect will.
I sense God's favor.
When he was chosen as Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill said, "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial." That was May 10, 1940.
That's how I felt yesterday--October 22, 2004. Some things feel into place with trying to get ID published that can only be described as God ordering my footsteps (Proverbs 16:9). I'll describe in detail if things fall into place the way I think they will. I don't want to be presumptuous, but I sense God opening a door and I want to give God credit before it happens. How's that for a mysterious blog?
A reporter once asked Sam Walton how WalMart became an overnight success. I love Walton's answer. He said, "It took twenty years to become an overnight success." That's how I feel about this book. It took ten years to write a book in five weeks.
There is nothing like playing on God's team and knowing we're only responsible for input. He's responsible for outcomes! And when you rest in the fact that God is in control of and responsible for outcomes then you enjoy every "success" with God. It's shared joy.
That's how I feel. I can't honest say, "I did it." I have to say, "We did it." I have to give credit where credit is due--the Holy Spirit.
It's hard to describe, but there was nothing easy about writing. At times I distinctly felt God's anointing as thing converged, but it was hard. It took lots of determination. I hardly slept the last week. I was up till 2 AM most nights and back up at 6 AM.
But if things come together the way they seem to be, there is nothing hard about getting the book published. And that's how it is when you're on the "moving sidewalk" of God's good, pleasing, and perfect will.
I sense God's favor.
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