Born for This Part II

"Born for This-Correctable"

There is a prayer at the beginning of the Roman Catholic Mass, that begins "I confess to Almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have sinned through my own fault, In my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and what I have failed to do." The prayer goes on to ask forgiveness and for those in the community to pray for one another to our Lord Jesus Christ. This prayer has been the cornerstone in my prayer life. We are constantly in a state of admitting our failures. We constantly repent on "what we have done, and what we have failed to do." I do anyway, and if I don't I pay more for a hardened heart than a piece of humble pie.

Destiny's Child

A friend of mine and one of the Pastors in my home church said recently that "We all face moments of destiny in our lives, defining moments that determine the course of the rest of our lives." He cited Ester, Ezra, and Isaiah, in hearing God's call and delivering with God's strength what God had asked of them. We are recording in the next several weeks a series for Radio Envoy called "Born for This." Throughout history we have seen people who were in certain places in history, and have been called for "such a time as this." We believe that God has placed some of the people who we are interviewing in places where he can use them to do His work.

Sin of Pride

The other side of the coin to this is the tragic story of King Uzziah, the King of Judah. Like many of us his fall was pride, and with it came a negative response to correction. God can give us a massive vision and capacity to achieve when we do it in HIS power. When we go it alone, and don't read, listen, then speak, and collaborate with members of our community, we will be stuck in our own bad patterns. Our response to correction determines how much God can use us. In all my writings, speaking, and broadcasts the message of community in creative process has been the cornerstone of our business and ministry. We do what we were "born for," and in the areas that we are not we turn to other brothers and sisters for their gifting.

Blinded by his own Light