Last Wednesday I took the first step, resigned from the safety of a full time position with a good salary at a loving church and stepped toward the realm of church planting. I’m pretty sure that planting a church is a lot like base jumping; you get training, you gear up, you step up to the cliff while people gawk at you and tell you that you’re nuts. Then, you jump and experience your greatest thrill and greatest fear simultaneously.

I haven’t gotten to the plunge phase yet, but I have started the ball rolling. And in doing so made this startling realization; I can’t go back. This somehow made me think of Newton’s first law and its spiritual application.

Newton’s first law states, “An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by a force.”

I think following God often goes something like this. God has a plan for your life. He sets that plan in motion at which point you can resist (acting as a force against the plan) and hinder it, or you can hop on board (going with the motion) and let God take you wherever He wills.

The question is, are you acting as a force against what God wants to do in your life, or are you acting in cooperation with what He wants for you?

For me, God started the motion of church planting a while ago. For a time I held back and didn’t get on board, and that hindered the momentum in my relationship with Jesus. Now things are getting back up to speed, Jess and I are on board with where God is leading us and I can already feel the forward motion in my life. It’s a good place to be.