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Nov 24,  2021

 

It is official, November 18th was incorporation day! Dunamis Drove is officially registered with the state of Tennessee as a non-profit entity. The next step for us will be to apply for our 501 (c)(3) status which we believe will occur after the first of the year, but all things in God’s timing. In the meantime, we are praying over a board of directors and a few officer positions that will have to be in place. In total honesty, it is an extremely peculiar mix of excitement and sheer terror! If you have ever stepped in faith and taken on something that you know you are called to do, but have absolutely zero experience, knowledge, or expertise to qualify you in many areas then you might know what I am talking about.

 

Don’t misunderstand, I know we are called, and God has done some miraculous things along the way and yet my knees knock, and my heart (in moments) feels faint with an overwhelming mix of reverent fear and just plain old fashion fear. It is, to say the least, a bit overwhelming when one considers all that must be done just to ready us to receive young people for ministry let alone what all that ministry will require. The number of projects to be done with limited hours in a day, the cost of projects large and small, the struggle to balance holding down jobs while trying to establish a new ministry, and the list could probably go on, but then…

 

Oh then…then I open my bible and I am reminded in Psalms chapter 50 that my Father “owns the cattle on a thousand hillsides” and then in Romans, Peter, and John, I am assured that I am an heir alongside Jesus and that the inheritance of the kingdom is mine. I seek Him in prayer, and I hear Him whisper a reminder that “if [we] who are evil know how to give good gifts how much more will [our] Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11).

 

He speaks to my spirit and shares with me a very Jesus style message. Consider the earthly man whose father possesses great wealth and connections. He calls upon his son and asks him to undertake an endeavor which will expand his kingdom. As the son accepts the task and begins the work, there will surely be much need for resources in the form of finances, human capital/connections, and more. Not once will the son ever fret over where or how these needs will be met for his father is a man of great wealth and power, and he is confident that he will pour into both his son and the work to which he has called him. Once more He quietly whispers, Am I not far more powerful? Is it not I who have called you? Why then do you fret? “Oh, ye of little faith” (Matthew 8:26).

 

Which causes me to initially feel shame. For a moment I even wallow in my many shortcomings and the multiple ways I have failed to represent Him well along the way, but that doesn’t last for long, because the love of the Father is so vast and so deep that He quickly picks me up, wraps me in His arms, and comforts me once again with the reassurance that “His grace is sufficient for me, for His strength is made perfect in weakness [and therefore] when I am weak, I am strong” (2Corinthians 12:9-10). This same portion of scripture even reminds me that I should “boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” And so, my friends, this is me readily boasting in my many weaknesses and seeking the power of Christ to rest upon each of us who are being called to undertake our Father’s work. 

 

Until next time, keep us lifted before the throne as we also lift you, and on those days when we stumble may we humbly straighten our crowns and remember that we are children of the King of Kings, and Jehovah Jireh never fails to provide exactly what we need, when we need it. Peace and grace to you and yours.

 

~ Jen