Lead Pastor Blog I.VI

As I type this it is Thursday June 18th and we are hosting a major outdoor event on Sunday June 21st. I am stoked about this event but I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast for about a week now knowing that the weather greatly affects the event. A week ago things looked great. Two days ago things looked great. I had a staff meeting where we discussed the event and we were all feeling pretty comfortable with the planning that we had invested so far into this event.

However as I logged on this morning and checked the weather forecast the weatherman has changed his mind. We went from a mid-twenties sunny forecast to a very low twenties and 80% chance of rain forecast. The weather forecast is not something you want to completely depend upon. The elements that decide the actual weather we receive fluctuate greatly and so what was forecast one day can quickly change the next day.

Some of us as Christians are a little bit like the weather forecast. You see us today and all is well. We have bright sunny faces and we are a joy to encounter. However you may bump into us the next day when an obvious storm cloud has moved in and you find us dark and unapproachable. It is true that life can throw some nasty curveballs at us but we do have a lot of assets to assist us through the difficult challenges of life. We have the enduring presence of the Holy Spirit to draw upon. With that said it is clear that God never leaves us….never. No matter what problems you are encountering or how up and down your life circumstances are there is this great constant in your life called God.

God is the opposite of the weather forecast. He does not promise one thing one day and then change His mind on a whim the next day. One of the great truths of scripture that has assisted a multitude of believers is that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. When everything around us seems so unreliable we need a rock. We need someone who is dependable. We need an unchanging God in a constantly changing world.

Our outdoor event is a Father’s Day Show and Shine or a car show. We would love bright sunny weather as our service is planned to be totally outside with a live band, great cars, a bar-b-que fundraiser and a brief message about a God we can count on. We want to have a morning where dads can feel very comfortable as we honor them and their unchurched car buddies who join them.

I am going to go and do two things. I am going to log on to the weather site to see what the forecast is now. After that I am going to spend some time in prayer with my unchanging and totally reliable heavenly Father.

Be blessed.