The Plow.

I had a little downtime today during some On-Campus activities…no one wanted to play with me for some reason today.  I was alone out on the flag football field for a good hour with no intentions of wasting that time.  Good thing I had my Bible with me.  I’ve learned never to leave home without it, because there’s no limit to when and where God can speak to you. 

Anyways.  I ran across this verse:

“Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’”  - Luke 9:62

I think I’ve had my hand on the plow a lot of times before with some crazy ideas and crazy visions of Gods plan for my life as apart of the movement to see his kingdom advanced here on earth.  As I read that verse today, it took me back to times where I dreamed like a kid in respect to what I was going to do with my life and ministry.  

No, I haven’t taken my hands off the plow, but I do believe that I’ve drifted away from dreaming of things bigger than myself, things that only God could make happen, for the sake of my own comfort.  I’ve “looked back,” if you will.

I do confess though, of underestimating God’s ability to do “immeasurably more.”  

The plow is there for a reason, and we should be sure to keep our hands on it and not look back to second guess ourselves….because the moment we take our hands off the plow is when we constipate the wheels of a mighty move of God.

As my good friend Clayton has put so elegantly, “If you’re passionate about something, you do it regardless, without considering the consequences.”