This past Wednesday, the Canton Campus celebrated its First Wednesday service together. It was an incredible experience. We worship and celebrated. We were reminded why we are doing this, and then we celebrated the reason why with communion. It was a time of reflection. The journey has not always been easy or smooth.
A little over two years ago we started in a storage room at Canton Christian Berean Bookstore, probably about 15 of us. Then we hit the pause button, and I am sure some thought that this would never happen. But, a school building in Louisville was found, and we started meeting on Sunday nights, studying the book of Nehemiah and reminding ourselves that there is always a price to be paid when you are doing something for God. Then within 8 to 10 weeks, we launched on Sunday morning. The attendance fluctuated, and sometimes workers were hard to find – yet here we are 2 years later.
We had 132 people our First Wednesday service. The excitement and energy has never been stronger. Why? Because people did not grow weary in doing what was right and good (Gal 6:9). Not everybody stayed the course, but that is sometimes the case when you have a God-sized vision; it gets too pricy for some. But for those who stayed, the victory is very sweet. Thanks for all who have, and are, and will continue to pay the price – so that others might experience the love of God. Just think what we would be missing if we had quit and became discouraged.
What have you quit on, that you know God has spoken to you about? Maybe it is time to make that vision come alive and clear.
