Transition

I will be 34 very soon. I was born in 1974. I graduated from high school in 1992. I graduated from college in 1996. I got married in 1997. I graduated with a master’s degree in 1998. I also became a high school pastor in 1998. Leah and I had our first child in 2000 and our second one in 2002. Time flies. It has been a while since I have had a major transition in my life…until now. In less than 60 days I’ll be taking a step that I thought I would never take – becoming a lead pastor. Since I was very young, I had always wanted to be a pastor to youth. There wasn’t this idea of using youth ministry as a stepping stone to become a pastor. I guess that is why I’ve stayed in youth ministry for 10 years at the same church. I really believe in students. So why am I making the transition? Over the last year and a half I felt restless. I was not unhappy or dissatisfied…just uneasy. Instead of looking for a way to solve the restlessness, I waited. Waiting is not usually me, but I felt as if being patient was the right thing to do. During this period of unrest, God began developing in me a desire to become a lead pastor. At first, I pushed the feeling away but it actually became stronger. Then through a series of events, God dropped an opportunity into my life. Our church, which I love with all my heart, was going to open a second campus 30 minutes north of the main campus and I would lead that group of people. Transition in life is tough but exciting because it brings new challenges as well as fresh opportunities. Are you going through a transition right now? Maybe you should wait. At the proper time, God will show up and probably do more than you ever expected.