Some think...

I spoke with two friends on the issue of God's persecution with reference to God's will and satanic persecution and find that in the religious community many cannot tell the difference.

Is it God trying to get our attention?

Or, is it Satan trying to kill us before a movement is born?

I have discovered two things:

If God is trying to get through to us, it will be totally clear.
If God is trying us it is because of disobedience.

Because of these two indicators I realize it is Satan who seeks to destroy those who are part of disciple making movements. I know this because 2007 has been just that, a horribly challenging year. Think with me and my struggles: a brothers suicide, a house fire, lyme disease, two kinds of infections including staph (two month of recovery), and the whole process of getting our house done and personal property issues resolved and settled with my insurance, all of which reveal strong satanic presence. Still others would rather take the easy route and believe God is persecuting me. The end result is that I do not care what humans think! Michelle and I will stay the course of seeking the birth and see the birth of a Disciple Driven Church that makes the making of disciples the main thing. I would rather die than give up on the Great Commission of making disciples who themselves make disciples.

I must say that while persecuted, (even by those I thought to be the closest of friends) we do remain entirely focussed on all that God brought us here (St. Louis) to experience and see fulfilled by the Holy Spirit.

Our only prayer is that lives will be transformed regardless of what the mature believers and leaders think of us. What God does through us is what matters and what man thinks or says falls on the soil hardened by the rocks when not aligned with God and His great purpose of transforming those who appear to be far from Him.

I love Jesus, the Church, His Mission and all He demands of us. While some may give up on me/us and they have or will, We remain steady with those who bear the scars of the cross.

In the end it only matters what God thinks of us and the vision we hold to. While God looks for transformation others may look for man's approval. I refuse to please the latter when the first is clearly the will of God.

Some think while God thinks and the two are not in unity.

Thoughts?