Confirmation::Never Ending

I wish I could go into detail about every confirmation, big and small, that God has given me about the call He’s placed on my life. But instead of boring both of the readers of my blog, I’ll just list a few:

- Being able to lead the music team for NC State’s Campus Crusade for Christ, and seeing God grow it from 100 students into 2000 students.

- God totally orchestrating my first student ministry job at Mt. Pisgah Baptist in Apex, NC.

- Creating Alive Worship Ministries, which allowed me to fall in love with singing and leading worship.

- Knowing I was supposed to marry Kristen 4 years before we got hitched.

- Being able to work at Carmel Baptist while living in Charlotte.

- While wondering if we were supposed to move to Wilmington, our house was sold in 3 days.

- I was able to raise my first year’s salary to work at Lifepoint in a little over 3 months.

- Allowing me to speak to thousands of middle and high school students, college-aged students, and adults.

The funny thing about my current place in life is that it’s actually not that unfamiliar. I’ve never been the one to have a “5 year plan”, or to have a specific place or role I’m pursuing. Not because I’m directionless or lazy, in fact, it’s the opposite of that. I’m so committed to God’s call on my life, that I don’t want to miss out on one, single “Divine Moment,” as Erwin McManus calls it in his book.

I don’t want any regrets about not seizing a divine moment. I never want to live my life saying, “I wish I would have…” I don’t want to shy away from anything because it seems too risky. Erwin writes, “This truth is consistent to life itself: the greatest opportunities require the highest risk. If we want to live life to the fullest, we must be willing to trust God and risk everything.” True, with risk comes failure, vulnerability, scrutiny, and pain. But, the price of not seizing divine moments is far more extreme.

Kristen and I are still praying for clarity on our next step, and the courage needed to take that step. We have a lot of unknowns in our life, but we are putting our faith in the only thing we do know: God has put His call on our lives.