Life is a struggle...

This week has been a very humbling one for me. And as much as I hate to admit it, it was a much needed humbling, at that. I have seen several failures and been shown so much through the past few days. Here is a tidbit of what I rediscovered through these failures.

When we get caught up in what we think is right for us and don't look to God, we get frustrated, and not by coincidence. God has to put us through these circumstances to grow us. As soon as he sees that we are going stale or getting comfortable where we are, he forces us to move, through a decision, opportunity, or occurrence. We don't always move toward Him like we should but we always move. It's through this movement that we become closer to or stray away from what God has planned in our lives.

This week I had the incredible opportunity to lead worship at a See You at the Pole Pre-Rally at Hilltop Baptist Church in Morrison, OK. There is nothing more exciting, fulfilling, and humbling, than leading passionate students in worship to our God. Whether it's 55 students, sitting in church pews, using a borrowed sound system, or 300 students, with the best lights and sound equipment money can buy, it's all worship and God hears it the same. The magnitude of me is ALWAYS less than the minimum of Him.