Good Talk and some thoughts

Just had a great talk with my friend Eric Peoples who is a great pastor on the east coast. You can check him out at http://www.mergeahead.com/.

Anyways, we were just chatting on fb about the book simple church (which if you haven't read you should) and he was talking about recruiting people and this was a question: "Am I looking for the best players or the right players. What is the difference?" We came to the conclusion that we want the right people in the right places that are called of God. If we have that, you have the best people.

This really got me thinking even more about the future and the call of God to plant churches. Or whatever a person may want to do in their life. Are you moving forward on mission for your life? You can be the right person that God needs.

Ultimately we will be accountable to God for what He has placed in our hearts. Many people have asked me this question: "why Miami" and I love this question. I am sure the response is not what they have in mind. I am sure they are expecting some type of "supernatural" explanation. My answer has been "why not" I usually get a strange look and another type of question "oh, um, so did God call you to Miami?" My answer is "we chose Miami" and as we started walking towards Miami God has confirmed our steps. One of the most powerful scriptures to me is the following:

Mat 28:19-20
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Man, what a powerful passage of scripture out of this scripture and much prayer and much reading and more prayer I realized that this is for us. That God was telling us to GO. Go...make...baptize...teach.. And He will be with us always.

With all seriousness I didn't choose Miami. Miami has chosen us. I loved what I heard years ago from Pastor Bill Wilson about why he went to NY he said "the need preceded the call" there are so many needs in our country, so many people that need to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. The need for the "right people, to be in the right place, to have the right things to say at the right time" we can be the Christ-followers that the Holy Spirit uses to reap the harvest in our nation.

John 4:35 Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

Hey!

Well, I finally sat down and started a blog. This blog will be about all kinds of stuff but mostly the journey we are on as we step out in faith and sell all we have to move 3400 miles away from home to plant a church in the great city of Miami, fl.

We are having a great time in this process and its crazy how God is helping us along the way. We have made some great contacts with people in Florida. I look at life as a big journey of faith. You can't be afraid to step out in faith. A friend told me recently " when you don't know what to do walk in wisdom but when you know what to do walk by faith". That has been a very impacting statement to me. The bible say's that we are to walk by faith and not by sight. God has been so good to us and I believe that there is a great harvest in Miami and we going to get in on the sowing of many faithful to reap the harvest.

Well, I just wanted to write a little...talk at ya later!
Jared