Are You Willing?

I don't know how many of you know who Francis Chan is but he pastors a significant church in California. This Sunday he announced to his church that he feels God has led him to resign and go in a different direction. There is no moral failing, no unrest in the church. As a matter of fact, things were moving along extremely well, but God called him in a different direction. He said that he would have been a hypocrite if he had ignored God's call and remained doing what was easy and effective.

A few years ago, Earl Creps left a life of influence and impact as a leader in the AGTS (Assemblies of God Theological Seminary) and took a US Missions assignment to plant a church in Berkeley, California. He and his wife sold their comfortable house in Missouri and moved to a market where houses are insanely expensive and are following the call of God in their late 50's.

If God were to ask me to leave the comfort of Highpointe and do something completely different, would I do it? Would you? It depends on if we really believe what we say about God.