The past two days have been filled with exercise, reading, catching up with friends, and working with Jon Smith and the Abilene Youth Sports Authority (AYSA). As most of you know, the AYSA and I have been working to fund a youth sports center for Abilene. I have not had much time to work on the project, recently, so I felt like my sabbatical would be a good time to get after it.
Honestly, I have felt fairly lukewarm about the project – simply put, it seems that we have not been getting any traction on our fundraising efforts. I’ve wondered if the youth sports center is really something that God has wanted me to be involved in or if it was something that I really wanted personally (regardless of what God wanted). So, last Friday, I asked God, “Is this something that You really want me to work on or not?” God may communicate to you audibly, but He doesn’t communicate with me that way. When He chooses to communicate with me, it’s usually through impressions – and most of the time, I’m not sure if it’s His impressions or just thoughts I have on my own.
But this time, God seemed to be communicating to me loud and clear. On Monday, I received a phone call that was a clear message that we should move forward. On Tuesday, I had a meeting with a prominent local official that further reinforced what I learned on Monday. And then today, I had a meeting with a local business owner that took everything I had learned Monday and Tuesday and multiplied it. So, over three days, God gave me three very clear messages that the youth sports center is something that deserved my attention – as long as I was honoring Him!
I wish I could provide more details, but I can’t. It’s a little premature to provide more information than this. So, I’ll leave you in suspense – for now!
1 John 5:14-15 says, “And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.” Based on what happened this week, these two verses mean more to me than ever.
Blessings, Kris