"I am doing a great work and I cannot come down."

Have you ever felt distracted from your calling or the pressure to quit what you are called to do - called to parent, to fulfill your God called career, to continue in your area of ministry. Have you felt pressure to stop what you have been called to do? Nehemiah had that kind of pressure on him when he was following God in his calling to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Here's what he said,
"I am doing a great work and I cannot come down."
Nehemiah 6:3

When the pressure comes to get distracted from your calling as a volunteer at CATF, or when being a parent just seems too hard or continuing on at that job you know God called you to - remember, "You are doing a great work and you cannot come down". Get a vision for what God wants you to accomplish and let all the distraction and distractors know, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down".

Stay focused - stay on track - don't come down.

When I think about Church at the Falls I focus my vision very simply:

• I want it to be a place where a member of the Niagara Falls Mafia would be welcome to come to church. In other words we accept everyone and we do things in a way that is inviting and relevant. People don't have to measure up before they come to us. Not only does that person come to CATF, but they find a relationship with Jesus.
• I want CATF to be a place where people are becoming more like Jesus each week.
• I want people at CATF to be inviting their friends to come hear about Jesus.

With that in mind - as leader of this church - "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down"

I cannot come down and get distracted by people that whine. I cannot come down and start all kinds of "Christian church programs". I cannot come down and care for every need of every person in the church. I cannot come down and change who we are as a church. I cannot do these things because it will distract us from building what God has called us to build. I find great freedom in doing what I am called to do and leading this church to do what God has positioned it to do. Reach people for Jesus.

Now a little disclaimer - no one has been hassling me about doing more at CATF. This is simply just a reminder to all of us about our individual calling and our calling as a church. Stay true to the calling.