Inviting

This semester my small group has been doing a series called Experiencing God. The basic premise is that God is always at work around us so we need to experience what He's doing and join him in it. Henry Blackaby the author of Experiencing God refers to spiritual antennae that go up to sense what God is doing. I have been trying to be more sensitive lately to what God is doing.

The other day I was heading to soccer practice and passed a man that stepped out from where he was standing and looked at me like he knew me. We didn't know each other, but we stood and talked for a couple minutes. I offered that I'm a member of the Chamber of Commerce, no. I suggested that I'm a pastor in the area, no. Then I segued right into an invitation to SRC. He pretty much declined right away, but I had the sense that God wanted me to do that. As I stood there I prayed, "God what are you doing right now? I just want to be part of it."

Then yesterday after soccer a parent overheard us saying that Sydney needed to head off to rainbows. A parent started asking questions and one thing led to another. I was telling him about PAG, SRC, and inviting him to Easter service with us. I didn't go expecting that conversation to come up, but when it did, I tried to follow the Lord in what He was doing. I hope it was a blessing for that man's family.

I'm inviting people to church and to faith. I believe in a lifestyle of faith and want to live mine out by going public for others.

Have you gone public with your faith this week?

--Ben