I don't consider myself Type A or necessarily goal-orientented, however during this sponsorship process it is easy to lose focus and have your eyes on the end. In training we learn the process of raising support is ministry within itself. I've gotten the awesome opportunity to sit down with other people who have been in this same process and they delight in the season of raising support. Unfortunately in my momentary Type A, goal-oriented focus I keep forgetting to delight in the season of resting and relying on Christ.
Last night, at the end of a partner dinner, the couple that I met with prayed, "Lord do not let a penny of support be given out of self-focus or even Bonita, but let is be an act of worship onto You". Okay, that is totally not word-for-word, but it is very much the key points in what he prayed. Man I was floored! If my desire really is to honor the Lord wouldn't I want every penny to be an act of worship to him and not myself? All this to say, I am thankful and humbled by that prayer last night. More than that, I was challenged.
Lord guide me with every phone call I make. Guide me with every person I ask. Let all of this be done on to you and not myself! I pray all these things in your Son Jesus' Name, Amen.