The Math of God

Figuring out God can be like doing algrebra for me. I look at different variables and then try to see where the formula leads. For instance, take the Faith Promise. We recently spent 4 weeks casting the vision for the future in a series called, Beyond Our Dreams-The Next 25 Years. Part of that vision was finishing off this campus. The 4 weeks concluded with a night of celebration and worship. Here are the variables. The initial vote to pursue the vision was 685-4. The one time offering taken on Celebration Sunday was a whopping 700k. The general offering taken up the same day was up 22% over last year's giving. Right around 1000 people showed up Sunday night to worship and this place just rocked for an hour and 15 minutes. It was awesome!! If someone gave me all those variables and then asked what I thought the faith promise would be, I would have said 10 Million. We were hoping for 7 million so we could do the whole project. The Faith Promise came in at a little less than 4 million. Now 4 million is a lot of money but it made me think. The question is, what is God doing? Have all of our people been obedient? If we have and we have given what God wanted us to give then God is really up to something interesting and I am looking forward to finding out what. God's math is always different than mine.