I (Seth) have had to do a lot of teaching and preaching these past couple of months…anywhere from one, two, three and four times in a week. I spoke in 9 different “arenas” with varying topics in less than 2 weeks at one point. I still have more upcoming speaking/teaching engagements before our upcoming break. To many of you, you might be saying, “what is the big deal?” Well to put it simply, I am not a comfortable public speaker; I am nervous (not an earthly fear, it is just not a place I am comfortable), I sweat, shake, and ask my wife… my heart literally pounds harder and skips beat. From talking in class, to praying, to teaching, they are all the same to me and I do not feel comfortable about any one of them.
This is one of the many reasons why God and His Word are the reason why I (personally) am pursuing missions, and not because it is something I (in myself) want to do particularly. I am not an outdoorsy person (my wife likes camping more than I do), I despise every bug, I like couches and movies, and as I previously stated, public speaking is not my forte.
All that to say, God is BIGGER than my wants and preferences, He is my strength in my many weaknesses. Watch my life and follow along in our journey. God promised that HIS strength is made PERFECT in my weakness (2 Cor. 9). If you want to see a lot of God’s power, be prepared to see it in and through my life, because there is a lot of weakness in me. We are looking to go into tribal missions, I will have to do a lot of speaking, be outside a lot, and lets not get started on the bugs! These aspects of my life show that ‘missions’ for me is not about me…but its seeing God’s Word as absolute, treating hell as real, and mirroring the example God gave us in Paul of going everywhere the gospel had not yet been preached (Rom. 15:20-21), and God wanting to do a mighty work in me. Join us as we watch God’s incredible power do amazing things in and through us!
Stoking The Fires 