Australia Update!

Today is the third very full day Laura and I have spent in Sydney, Australia.  So far it has been a wonderful blur of a trip, and it is hard to believe we've only been here three days.  We've been meeting beautiful people, going to different places, and it's already a challenge to keep it straight.  Ross and Joan have been terrific hosts, and we've met several families from Calvary Chapel Sydney.  I would say the jetlag has been a non-issue except I find when I sit down to write my mind is blank, still feverishly processing information from the day.

We've taken many pictures, visited with wildlife, taken a drive down the coast, hopped on the train and hung out at the harbour for half a day, and sampled local fare.  Within a few days we hope to share some pictures and communicate some of the memorable things we've already done.  At the moment it is difficult for me to focus on anything but tomorrow, because God-willing I will be preaching at Calvary Chapel Sydney.  The message has already been put to paper but my prayer is tomorrow God will inscribe His Word upon our hearts with grace and Spirit-led anointing.  It is to this I have been called, and prayerful humility is the only preparation for such work.

It is an amazing thing, to do what you cannot.  A man cannot do the work of God, but God is willing to do His work through a yielded man.  Man is a failure, but God is faithful.  I rejoice in the provision of God's mercies which are new every morning:  great is His faithfulness.  Please pray that hearts would be prepared, that the good seed of God's Word would be sown, and it would be fruitful to the glory of God.  Monuments of man and even the beauty of nature pale in comparison to the soul work God desires to do daily in the hearts of His people.  Show us your glory, Jesus.  Pull back the veil of our feeble expectations and reveal yourself as the LORD and Christ that you truly are.  May the seeds sown tomorrow bear eternal fruit so you may receive the reward due your suffering.