CBC Update
Dear friends,
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
We live in a mobile and fast-paced society. So often we don’t like to wait for anything anymore. We like things fast. If we are on the freeway and one lane is moving just a little faster than the other, how often do we switch over? If we are in queue at a store, and we see a new register open do we go over there just so we can get out four seconds faster than anyone else. We also get our news fast. Previously, we would wait until later in the day for the news. But now, through satellite technology, we can get our news as it’s happening. We like things fast, boiled down and simplified.
Sadly, we often carry this thinking over into our spiritual lives as well. We expect God to work in the same way. If God has something to say to us, we prefer it would be in a ten-second sound bite, because we are awfully busy and in a hurry. The problem with this thinking is when it applies to God and our spiritual lives. God rarely gives his eternal truths in ten-second sound bites. We can’t have spiritual growth fast and simple. Spiritual growth takes time, and lots of it. In fact, it takes a lifetime.
What is more important or significant that we have to do with our lives than to get to know the God who created us and to walk with him and listen to him? That’s why God put us here in the first place. And it does take a lifetime.
On Sunday, the Leadership will be able to provide the details of the person whom they are recommending to the church (at a special meeting on April 28) to be called as our Lead Pastor. Please be in prayer as we consider this recommendation. If there is a positive response from the church, then he will probably be able to commence in early July. May I express my appreciation for the work that the transition team did all of last year in identifying who we are as a church and the way forward. We also express our thanks to the Pastoral Search Committee who commenced the search last December and through a process of listening to God (unhurriedly) believe that God is calling this person to the role.
Blessings,
Ken