August 19, 2009
Journey to the Alter
Posted by Garry
Plans change. I thought I was here for landscape architecture.
On December 31, 2007, my wife, son, daughter, and I pulled into a city about which we knew only one thing: God had called us here. The first weekend, overwhelmed with feelings of doubt, fear, concern, and isolation, we walked into Summit Church. Those overwhelming feelings were almost instantly replaced in fellowship and community.
I have come to appreciate Abraham’s story very much through the process of coming on staff with Summit. Abraham was asked to put his idea of what it means to follow God on the altar (in the form of his son, Isaac)—to sacrifice his own plans in order to trust God more. In a strange, similar way, I feel as though God asked me and my family to put my idea of what it means to follow Him on the altar (in the form of ministry)—to sacrifice my own plans and trust His. In giving up my own plans, and allowing myself to move to the physical place God needed me to be, my idea of serving God in ministry has been resurrected—not through my own merit, but through willingness to be open to God’s call.
