Listen to Sunday’s message from Pastor Furtick.
Sunday we heard from Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. His prayer for the Church is Lord, make us audacious. Elevation Church was started on the faith of 19 people moving to Charlotte. In just a little over 2 years God has grown it to over 3,500 in weekly attendance! Pastor Furtick believes one of the reasons God has blessed them is because of their audacity. They know it isn’t because of wisdom, experience, or money! They simply were foolish enough to believe that anything is possible with God!
1 Samuel 14:1-7 highlights an audacious moment in scripture when Jonathan, son of the king of Israel, and his armor bearer decided to take on the entire Philistine army. With one sword between the two of them, they saw God move mightily on their behalf as a result of their audacity. The first thing we see in this scripture is that it was a new day, or a new time. Jonathan had been a failure in his past, but we see that doesn’t hold him back, he knows its a new day and he moves out in faith. We believe it’s a new day for the church and it’s time for us to forget our past and move forward in unity into the things God has for us.
Jonathan proceeds to deliver a motivational speech to his armor bearer in which he makes the statement “Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.” What a great promise! It’s so true, however he precedes this statement with one not so motivating in nature. “Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf.” You have to wonder what he was doing talking about perhaps in that situation. However in life we all face a perhaps. In fact, many churches are facing a perhaps in their circumstances, including Cross Connection. In light of God’s promise we all have to face a perhaps, but the truth is:
God’s promise is bigger than our perhaps!
This is the truth that enables us to pursue God with bold faith. God’s sovereignty enables our audacity. God is looking to bless audacity. The question is: Will we believe that His promise is bigger than our perhaps and move out into the things He is calling us to do with audacious faith? YES!
