Regardless of what field you work in or what skills you have, you can probably identify some people you look up to. Maybe it’s a celebrity, an athlete, or one of the best in your field but we all know what it’s like to want something somebody else has. Often times we want it for great reasons, too. In church world plenty of people want a big church so they can be a strong influence in their city. Church planters (people who start new churches) want their church to explode with growth like Elevation experienced. Yeah, that’s probably 1 out of 10,000 churches, but why can’t they have that?

You may want the house, job, vehicle, vacation experience, influence, book deal, music album, acting job or wisdom somebody else has. I can tell you I will always want to be a part of a hugely influential church. I also have to acknowledge my pride and selfishness in that, even though my motives are mostly pure (I hope). I want to see cities in America, and particularly my city of Baltimore, transformed by Jesus Christ. The Church (universal, not just one church) is God’s Plan A for making that happen, so naturally I want to be a part of a great church that is making a big difference.

At various times I want a host of other things as well, mostly things that are selfish and material in nature. In the next post I’ll talk about something I miss or forget about in the midst of all that. It’s not going to be about envy or the fact that we have all received one blessing after another through Jesus. That’s all true and important but I’m going to talk about the work that it takes to to get what we want.

In the mean time…. WHAT DO YOU WANT, SELFISHLY OR NOT?