Over the last six weeks of planning, I want to share honestly that there have been moments when I’ve felt quite stressed and frustrated. I have never cared so much about a cell harvest event as this one and I’m constantly wondering whether I’ve done enough or prayed enough.
I’ve had two committee members come up to me and ask me, "You’re quite stressed about this, aren’t you?". I didn’t really think about it until someone else brought it up yesterday saying, "Don’t stress, what’s the worst that could happen?".
Without thinking, I replied that the worst that could happen is that people show up, eat and play games without experiencing the love of God...that the message of what Christmas is about fails to drop a seed into their hearts. I said that after seeing how much effort, time, energy and finances the cell members have put into the event, there would be no point if there was no lasting impact...if God didn’t show up.
As I drove back home from work, I reflected on the conversation and realised the significance of what I said. My main worries are not that there won’t be enough food or that there won’t be enough door gifts or that the games don’t get everyone involved.
My concern is whether God will move in the hearts of every person that comes. I don’t know whether my faith level is enough to believe for salvations at the event or even to open up the avenues for people to respond.
I understand now that the only thing we can do is surrender everything to God and pray. At the end of the day, He has to take center stage because Christmas is about God’s demonstration of love to humble himself and come down to earth as a human. He took our sins upon Himself, dying on the cross and rising again to take His place in heaven.
Christmas is about Jesus Christ.
With fear and trembling, we can only bring our few loaves of bread and fishes, believing that He will work a miracle.
Please pray along.
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