Greater Things with T.J. McCormick

I am super excited about this weekend.  I cannot wait to share what God has put on my heart, in fact I think that it is really the heartbeat of Coastal Community Church.  One of the reasons I am so excited about this message is that it really sets the tone for the upcoming four weeks.  We are going to be starting a new series that I believe every person wants to know the answer to and that is What is God’s plan for MY life.  The one question that people would ask if they had the opportunity to ask God anything is “Why am I here on earth?”  In other words, what’s the plan for me.

This weekend we will discover how we can be rich towards God.  I believe that this weekend will challenge your thinking as well as what your living for in life.  You don’t want to miss tomorrow.  Be ready for God to do something new in your life.

Let me start this out by saying that I love my church, Coastal Community Church.  I am truly amazed at all the people who have come to church, been transformed and are devoting their lives to a deeper relationship with Christ.  I am blown away every week seeing what God has in store for this community and am so thankful that I get to be a part in changing history.

On the other side of the coin, this has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.  It seems like there is a new, overwhelming and daunting challenge every day.  I know that God has called Shayla and I to plant this church, but it is tough.  My pastor, Randy Bezet, would always tell me that I have no idea what I am getting myself into and he was right.  The thing that I am learning through all of this is that God not only wants to change my community around me but He wants to CHANGE ME!  I love change when it is my idea, but when it isn’t I am not a big fan.  God is trying to teach me something and I just can’t seem to figure it out.  I am frustrated that I can’t see what He is doing but I know that is the FAITH element of this whole journey.

Please be praying for me as I try to figure out what God is doing in my life.  I don’t know what it is, don’t understand but all I can do is trust that it is for my best interest.

Proverbs 3:5  “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him and He will direct your paths.”

I have been being challenged by God a lot in my life lately.  I have struggled most of my life with having very little margin in areas of life.  Not only have I struggled with having margin but also discipline to do something about the areas of concern.  God has been all over me the last couple of weeks about my health.

I have always thought that I have been good at the spiritual health aspect of life.  I do a good job of reading the Bible and praying but the physical health is an area where I have slacked big time.  I am always putting off taking care of myself because I need to do this task, have that meeting, or read this book.  God has been telling me that I am not healthy if I am not well in all areas of life.

So Monday I am getting my priorities in life in order.  I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.  It is time for a change.  They say that insanity is doing the same things over and over again expecting different results.  Well I have been living an insane life of continuing to do the same old thing and my body is falling a part because of it.  Not only does it affect me physically but also spiritually and relationally.  It is time for a change.  I am rededicating myself to myself for the good of my health and those around me.  Look out world, here I come.

I cannot believe that I have gone for over two weeks without updating this blog.  Life can just get so busy at times that we put things that are important off for the urgent things that are happening in life.  I love living life with a plan.  I am a planner type of guy.  I enjoy the routines that I establish in my life and when they get a little off, everything gets thrown out of place.  I struggle big time without structure in my life, and it seems life without structure everything falls a part.

Maybe you can relate, when you stop doing a routine thing for a little while because you don’t have enough time, your to busy at work, you lose the momentum you have had in the routine.  It is so easy to miss something once and because I have missed it once, I will miss it twice and before long it is just missing from my life.  That is what happened with blogging, I missed the routine once, twice, three times and before long just had not done it at all.

So what have you been missing in your life?  What do you need to start back up that you have stopped doing?