I’m really being challenged by Steven Furtick’s new book, Sun Stand Still. It’s an incredible message taken from the book of Joshua, when Joshua asked the Lord to stop the sun from going down so he may finish decimating the enemies of Israel. (Joshua 10:11-14)
In this book, Steven Furtick uses what God has accomplished in his church (Elevation Church) as the groundwork to his thesis. I’ll tell you, to me, as much as it’s been inspiring it’s also been depressing! As a pastor in Dade County, one of the most difficult places to start a church, seeing what God has done in Charlotte, NC is almost unfathomable. The more I read the book, the more I have to thank God for what he has done at Elevation church and focus in prayer believing that God can do something similar in Miami.
I understand that what God is doing at Elevation Church is the exception to the rule. And I know that “exceptions to the rule” write good books; but my heart has never been so charged with faith – knowing that God will do great things in our midst. Why not believe God to be an exception to the rule! It’s time that we pray audacious prayers and stand in faith that God will come through and perform the very things we are asking of Him.
Anxious to read your thoughts,
Pastor Manny
