God is not....

I wanted to take some time to tell you all about the place that has been feeding my spiritual life in so many ways during my time here at Alabama. On Wednesday nights I attend The Well at Calvary Baptist Church, this past fall we got a new college minister, Chris Brooks from The Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham. Chris is a phenomenal speaker, he brings humor and stories from his life to make sermons that always speak to me and the hundreds of college students worshipping with me. The Well Band is just incredible and always knows how to get my heart in the right place before the message.

Our most recent series is called "God is not..."
...a secret to be kept. -Matthew 5:13-
...ashamed to be called our God. -Hebrews 11:13-16
...a man in that He does not change His mind. -1st Samuel 15:29

This series is using the theory of the "via negativa" meaning the negative way in which we reason what something is by talking about what it is not. "Everyone has a burden and for some of us our burden is God. Questions like these can reveal how heavy that burden can be. Do you ever feel like you can't live up to God's expectations? God is not ashamed to be called our God. Do you ever feel like people who rebel against God and are living life however they desire and they're getting away with it if not getting blessed for it? God is not mocked. Do you ever feel like you are going through life alone because God doesn't make any difference in your life? God is not a God of the dead, He is the God of the living and he is active and involved. Do you ever feel like God is really not worth talking about? God is not a secret to be kept."

This series has really challenged me and moved me to realize so many things about my faith walk and for those of you who are interested please go and listen to the podcast for The Well-Calvary Baptist Church. God is using Chris in such amazing ways at Calvary and in Tuscaloosa and I am so looking forward to where his leadership will take us.

Here is a thought for some of you:

"Is it more difficult for you to delight in God or for you to discover that God delights in you?" -Zep. 3:17