15 Years Ago

It was almost 15 years ago this time that I was 14 and reading through the bible for the very first time. I remember having such an excitement to complete reading every word. My dad had made me a deal that if I read through the bible in one year that he would give me $250. That's a lot of money for a 14 year old kid. The money may have been the reason I got started but it was not the reason I finished. As I got more and more into God's letter to me I became enamored with it. I started in Genesis where a young guy had a dream but had to wait twenty years for it to happen. I got to Ruth and read the most romantic words I had ever read in my life. I got to Psalms and read about a the only man in recorded history that God said was a person after his own heart yet the guy was a messed up mo. I got to Proverbs and found some of the greatest keys of wisdom I had ever been given. I remember how the pieces just seemed to fit. That what I was reading was so incredibly applicable for me. I asked the Lord that day if he would make me the wisest person I know. Not so that I would receive riches because of it but for a totally different reason. I asked the Lord to give me wisdom so that every time I sit with someone, meet with someone, counsel someone, encourage someone, correct someone, help someone that I would be able to give them something that wouldn't just help them but would change their lives.

Since I started in ministry over 7 years ago I have had so many moments where I was speaking and it was obvious what was coming out of my mouth didn't come out of my mind. Outside of any moment with my family those are the moments I live to experience.

When I was 14 I knew that God called me into ministry. I never dreamed of ministry. I never dreamed of preaching to hundreds of people let alone thousands. All I dreamt of was being able to give something away to people that could not be obtained from God but had to be received from him.

My life is a dream come true.