The Tulsa International Soul Winning Workshop is 26 sleeps away. It's one of the biggest tasks to organize and deliver. What's it like for us at Memorial to get ready for this event? Would you like the polished professional leadership version or the small man at the computer concept? Let's do the latter.
In two words the workshop is Excitingly Scary.
March is simply one huge panic attack! God must release some of His most crucial blessings for this thing to work. We must have Him orchestrate attendance, contribution, travel, and His Word through the individual speakers in unusual precision. If just one of those sections breaks down we are in for a struggle.
Attendance is obviously pertinent. We want to inspire the church to reach the entire world....soon. With growing venues from which to select throughout the year (and add to that a very touchy brotherhood), the size of the crowds is always a question mark until the day it starts.
The budget will reach about $170,000. I never know how He will cover it. I don't see how He can cover it. Yet, He does. We have no other backup measure. God is it.
The price of gasoline and the nation's economy affects the workshop attendance which affects the contributions. How it is the people sacrifice year after year to get here.....well, it can only be because God shows up!
Finally, the Word has to have clear vessels through which to flow. If we put together a line-up that doesn't deliver His goods, we fail. It is imperative the speakers share His wisdom and righteousness that hearts be purely inspired to win souls. Again, God must show up in our speech.
So what's it like being a part of this work? Two words: Exciting and Scary. I sit on the visible side of the wall and place my trust in the invisible world. The former is scary. The latter makes it exciting!
See you in Tulsa in 26 sleeps! www.tulsaisww.com
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I Can't wait!
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