In Matthew 6:25-32 it tells us God is our provider that he will meet our needs. I sometimes wonder if people including myself believe that. I’m not sure if I did but now I do. See when I quit my job and started my own business, the money I use to make was not following in like it use to I had a few clients but not what I needed. You say why didn’t you get another job, oh I thought about many a times even prayed “God if you want to get I another job I will”. Yet I felt in my heart he didn’t want me to and I had to not just believe but trust in God to provide for the needs of me and my family. God came thru in so many ways he provide for every need we had and then some. Yeah we cut back on things like cable and shopping 2 things I use to be addicted to. See sometimes we put things before God and don’t even realize it maybe for you its money, TV, shopping that’s what it was for me. See with those distraction in my life gone I spent more time seeking God and not worrying about what I was going to watch on TV tonight or was the DVR set or Did I have a new pair of kicks(shoes) to rock this weekend. I was seeking God not the things of this world.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33

Wow 1 year later and as look back if you told me I would be a youth pastor, I would have said Nah not me. I’m pretty sure I did tell a few people that. So how did I get here you ask? I’m not really sure but it was all God so I’ll tell you how it happen. Like I said yesterday, I quit my job and 5 days into my two weeks’ notice my boss came in and told that he had my replacement , thanks for all my hard work I would be missed. This was a shock to me but hey I was still getting paid. So I left went home to change and went to the church to start volunteering earlier than normal. (I had been volunteering in the youth about 2 years now)
On this particular day there was an organization that starts school clubs at lunches or before school and tells students about the Gospel. They partner with local churches to have a place to help the students connect more when outside of school. I happened to be able to do this now, as I have no job. So from that day every week school was in I was there, in schools talking to students. At the time I never thought hey one day God is going to use this in the future.
Now at the church I volunteer at their youth admin was going to be out for about 4 weeks for surgery. I told them that I would help out as much as I could.(again I had no job) So she taught all I could learn in 3 days before her surgery. So now I going to schools and volunteering as a youth admin and this whole time growing in areas I lacked skills but not thinking about it just doing it to serve others. This all took place within a week of me quitting my job.
So you ask is that how you became a youth pastor? Did she not come back and they gave you the job because you did a great job. The answer to that would be no. See my good friend came back better than ever (I could never do anything as great as she does it) and soon school let out, so there was no more school visits. But aren’t you a youth pastor you say. Yes I am a youth pastor now for the church I volunteered at and I spend the majority of my time in schools about 20+ lunches a week. So as I look back I never would have thought that. But that just how God works.
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
Stay tuned for more everyday this week.

This time 1 year ago I quit my Job. I job I enjoyed but I know God had something different for me and with no saving, being married less than 5 months, 2 kids and no business plan. I followed what God had laid on my heart to start my own business. The road God had me on for the next year is one that with out him I would have never made it. See the thing is God had a plan for my life, he had it map out I just had to not just believe but trust in him and fall back in to his arms and let him do with me what he does best. So this being kind of an anniversary of that I thought I would share bits and piece of that over the next week with you. In the hope that it is an encouragement to you.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

Here in O-city (Oklahoma City) it’s a nice day outside the temp is just right, the wind has a nice breeze. My daughter is on spring break, my wife is taking her to Arbuckle Wilderness (one of those drive thru type zoo were the animals run wild as you drive thru). I’m about to leave for a mission trips with about 75 student and 20 leaders. GOD is so amazing. Yet it is not because of all the things that are going right but because he is God. So if I had woke up this morning and it was bad weather and my car wouldn’t start it’s still a beautiful day.
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24

TV is going all digital, the iPod nano is about to change the game again for mp3 players. Whether its fashion, technology, media or social networking the world is constantly moving and changing, some would say for better others for worse. Change by definition means to make different it could be huge or so small you will never notice. You might like the change, take the new facebook update. If you are Twitter Junkie like me you might love it. Yet all the people who are not into twitter are like I don’t like it I don’t want my Facebook to look like twitter. Does anybody remember when they changed the Coke formula what a stir that brought on? Throughout history so many changes have occurred like it or love it some good some bad so have better the world some have not. Yet there is one thing that has not changed.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Here is the deal haters are going to hate you know matter what you do in life. That’s what they do is hate that’s their Job to hate. So trying to avoid haters by pleasing everyone is not the answer. When you do that you start to cloud what you believe. You will do things that you would not normally do to have others like you. Your standards change your vision gets cloudy and now you are trying to please others and not God.
John 15:19 says
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
This is the deal God’s got your back so I wouldn’t worry too much about the haters

I’ve yet to meet a person who was completely satisfied with who they are or what they had. Yes, I know a lot of people from all walks of life and they always want more they never have enough. For some it money or power, others it shoes or free time. I could list pages of things that people seek after get it and it’s still not enough they long to fill something inside them but what. So ask yourself……….
Are you satisfied with what you have, who you are, where you live or what you have accomplished? See the God’s word tell us that there is only one that can full fill us.
3Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” John 4 13-15
See the truth is we can chase after all kinds of things but with out Jesus we will still thirst for something to fill us.

What is your Platform is it work or school. Everywhere you go if you say you are a Christ follower a Christian then God’s word tells us we should let our light shine.

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and  give glory to your Father who is in heaven.   Matt 5:16

Here is a video from a friend of mine about standing on your platform. Hope you enjoy!

 I say this a lot don’t get it twisted the question is why. The reason today is  this Website Blog or whatever you will call it is NOT ABOUT ME has nothing to do with me the only reason I use my name is because not about me was taken and don’t get it twisted where taken. It’s pretty simple Jesus has come into my life and made me new. He is working in me every day and I just want to share that with others in everything I do. I want it all to point to God; no I’m not perfect but like Paul says

¹⁹Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. ²⁰To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. ²¹To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. ²²To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. ²³I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

 ²⁴Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

 ²⁵Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. ²⁶Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. ²⁷No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.      1 Corinthians 9 19-27

I pray this touches you in some way and that you will be bold for Jesus in everything you do.