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Faith and promise takes the hill...

Today as I was reading in Joshua and came to chapter 14. Caleb said, "But maybe the Lord will let me take their land, just as he promised."(vs.12)

Caleb is over 80 years old when they come back to Hebron after 40 more years of wondering in the wilderness. The Israelites had been faithless, and reported that their were giants in the land. Hebron was one of the walled cities that was run by a giant, a son of Anak. Caleb had said 40 years ago, that it was God's promised land to Israel and they should possess it, but the other spys said it couldn't be done.

Now Caleb says he has just as much energy as he did half a lifetime ago, and asks permission to finally take the city that God had shown him. He states, "Maybe the Lord will let me take their land, just as he promised." It seems like Caleb has a couple important traits: 1. Memory of the promise of God. 2. The will at anytime to be the recipient of that promise no matter what the personal cost. 3. An overall submission that whether I live or die, win or lose, I'm going after the promise.

Realizing that some people still don't know...

Some people still don't know about the church plant. I realized that today. I talked with some people last night who weren't in service on Sunday. They told me that they had just heard. And today I saw a teenage girl who had been away Sunday and didn't find out till yesterday. I really hope that all of us, especially those at PAG can embrace each step. I believe that this is one of the most significant faith steps that PAG has embarked on in a long time, and I think it is going to energize the Heart for the Harvest.

A special part of the SRC story...

For months I've been in discussion with a couple I knew to come and help plant Severn River Church. He is a gifted pastor with a personal mission to "Love God, Love Teens". His ministry would have been a great asset to the new church.

If anyone wonders how audacious the lead pastor of SRC is consider this. I asked a qualified minister, capable of working in many large churches (in fact he worked at one of over 3000 people) to move out of a house they just purchased, leave her work which she loves, move away from family, leave a church that they love, and move here where housing is astronomical, nothing is established and oh yeah, come work for free. That's $0.00.

Crazy right? Well, not to this couple. They were so interested in the new church and the way that we are going to do ministry, that they actually considered it.

Last night, they confirmed that they would not be coming. But it was with the affirmation that they believe that though this isn't the right time for them to come on board, they totally believe that the direction we're heading in is the right way.

I told Corie last night. They have already helped the plant. Our interaction was enough to help show me that God was going to lead people to help with this plant. I'm excited to see how that will come together, but God has birthed a great vision in me and it is starting to come together.

--Ben