Spiritual Rut

What is a rut? The definition according to the "good book" (Webster), is: 1 a: a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage b: a groove in which something runs; 2: a usual or fixed practice; especially : a monotonous routine.

Look at the last three words in that definition..."a monotonous routine." I am definitely described as a routine guy. I get up every morning except Fridays at the same time. I put on the coffee to brew, make my bed, take a shower and get ready for the day, fix breakfast (which also includes the exact same thing everyday), go to my home office, study the Word and pray, and of course check my home email, and then on Sunday through Thursday off to the office to get there by 7:00 AM.

As structured as my morning routine is, God is calling you AND me all out of our monotonous routine. What would happen if we came to the service next Sunday and all we did was pray? No music, no preaching? What would we do? But what if we came back that night and the same thing happened? What if all we did was sing? What if all we did was listen to an hour and half message that God laid on Al's heart to give? We might, and I say might make it through one Sunday morning. But what if that happened two Sundays in a row? By the third Sunday we have people looking for a new place to call their home church. Why? Because we are comfortable in our box of Christianity.

So what will it take for us to let God do something with Wedgwood that is totally different than what we have ever seen before? I don't know much, but what I do know is that it begins and ends with prayer.

This Thursday at 6:30 PM, we are meeting in the worship rehearsal room behind the worship center to pray specifically for God to do something through our Easter Musical. As we join together in one force bombarding heaven, crying out for God to do specific "God things," the words of Scripture will be fulfilled that say: "if my people pray..."

Come, be a part!

Love you,

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