Deep is what you do

DANG!! I've never been as tempted to take what someone else wrote and claim it as mine. The temptation is because what I'm about to link is exactly what I have been thinking. Perry has been reading my mail, it seems. I really hope that you click here and read this post, but just in case you don't, here are some highlights...

I have always said that deep is not what you know–but rather what you do. I have seen some of the deepest people I have ever known here at NewSpring Church…let me give you a few examples…

• DEEP is a single mother raising two kids and who has a full time job–yet finds the time to volunteer here at NewSpring every weekend.
• DEEP is the single dad who told me the other day that he works two jobs to support he and his daughter, but that he has gotten a third job so that he can contribute to the campaign, and every dollar he makes doing it over the next three years is going to Gametime.
• DEEP is the college student who refused to give up on her friend, kept inviting her to church, gave her a Bible, was available to her to talk and ask questions…and as a result her friend received Christ.
• DEEP are the parents who are watching a child go down a path that is destructive and is breaking their hearts, yet they claim that God is in control.
• DEEP is the guy in his 30’s who was diagnosed with cancer and only given a few months to live…and through it all his love for Jesus grew stronger and he told everyone how good God was…right up until the last minute of his life.

I could go on and on…but DEEP is NOT knowing a lot of information, but rather being able to apply what you do know to your everyday life…and at the end of the day the name of Jesus is lifted up…no matter what!

or how about this...

I just want people to know Christ. I want people to see Scriptures NOT as a textbook–but rather as a letter from God that communicates who Jesus is and what He has done. I want to see people come to Christ. I want to see families healed. I want to see the poor served. I want to see the excluded included. I want to see people get out of debt. I want to see people discover their spiritual gift. I want to see people find God’s purpose. I want to see Jesus Christ lifted up!

Is that “deep?” Probably not–but it is what God has put on my heart and I am going to try my best to follow His vision Jesus Christ saved me…II Corinthians 5:17 came true in my life…and I honestly think I could think about that for the rest of my life and never truly grasp exactly what happened.

Deep is what you do...I love that. Don't be surprised to hear that out of my mouth for a long time to come.