Pray and Rely on the Holy Spirit

     Hello, this is Multiply a podcast to encourage village, church, planters, and leaders. I am Brad Snowden.

 Brothers and sisters, what a joy it is to serve the Lord and a beautiful calling to plant churches. We are blessed to see villages transformed with hope as Jesus touches lives. This calling can also have seasons of great challenge for our outward man. We want to be successful and see what is in our hearts become reality. It is a beautiful part of our walk with Christ when he lays upon our hearts, the work that he wants to do. It is an exciting time for church planters because you can almost see what it is going to look like before it even starts. This is a powerful part of God‘s plan for those you are serving. 

This very moment can also be one of the greatest challenges as well. I found that as a pastor these seasons brought me to a place of struggle, I knew what the Lord had birthed in my heart, and I could envision all of it. Yet this is where the problem was, I did not know who was going to catch the vision that God had given me. I did not know how it was ever going to become fruitful or even how we could pay for it. 

The battle was not about experiences or what I had learned from the teaching that I had received. There is nothing wrong with living out what was taught to us or even what we have experienced before. The problem came when I would depend on these parts of me and not on a fresh revelation from God. 

The greatest victories God ever allowed me to experience came when I said I do not know how you are going to work this out. I do not know who is going to walk with me to see your work be done. Oh Lord, I need you to help me to understand and accomplish this work that you have called me to do.

 James 1:5 says If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, it will be given to him. The Lord does not look down on us for saying, I do not know what to do or to say I am struggling with knowing my next steps. God‘s word says to simply and humbly ask, for we have a merciful provider that can open our eyes to see. The Lord wants to open up our ears to hear the Holy Spirit whisper, “This is the way walking in it” We can rely on the still small voice of the Holy Spirit that will give us a fresh understanding of what God wants to do in us and through us. Oh, church planter, our victory comes when we ask and rely on the Holy Spirit to do the work. This has been a word of encouragement for village church planters. Who will you share this with today? God bless you.