Pressing On

Any work for God that depends on our own efforts, our own zeal, our own ability, and resources, will fail! - George Verwer. It is right to work hard, have zeal for the kingdom, apply all our God-given talents, abilities and resources to the task in hand - but never be dependent upon them ... How tragically wanting that would leave us! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Recently I was meeting with a group of leaders who had never met together before. To start the meeting we each shared a little of our life and ministry ... Always interesting to hear a/ How Jesus draws people, from varied backgrounds and experiences, to Himself and b/ What varied directions He leads people who are willing to be led ... Fascinating, anyway, I digress! We then each shared what we felt the Lord had been saying to us recently ... And we all had the same thing to say (albeit in different words!) ... Namely; a/ A growing sense of urgency to see the great commission completed as quickly as possible! And b/ A growing sense of anticipation and imminence ... That the Lord is about to move in a amazing way here in the UK and into Europe. So, what do we say to this? Are we all wrong? Or just desperate? Or is the Lord indeed giving us each that sense of prophetic urgency? I believe the latter is most accurate ... But, as my Pastor friend shared on Sunday morning ... Let us