My Pastor sent me this and it blew me away… let it speak and encourage you this good Friday!!
My new venture is called jellyfish labs b/c jellyfish can’t locomote. They can’t choose their own course. They can’t go from point A to point B. They can only stay in the current and trust the current to carry them where they need to be. Looking back on Big Idea productions, I was conceiving of myself as a big studly barracuda saying, ” All right God, here’s what I’m going to do for you. Now you just stand back and bless it and watch me go.!”…. So I was acting like a big barracuda when in reality I’m a brainless, spineless bag of goo. And I only get my form when I stay in the current of God’s will and allow Him to carry me where He wants me to be. And that was such a huge shift for me from the American Christian ideal. We’re drinking a cocktail that’s a mix of the Protestant work ethic, the American dream, and the Gospel. And we’ve intertwined them so completely that we can’t tell them apart anymore. Our gospel has become a gospel of following your dreams and being good so God will make all your dreams come true. It’s the Oprah god. So I had to peel that apart. I realized I’m not supposed to be pursuing impact, I’m supposed to be pursuing God. And when I pursue God I will have exactly as much impact as He wants me to have.
