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A Work In Progress

I can remember back in the early days as a skilled laborer, in the builders trade in Pittsburgh, during the Renaissance phase in the 80’s that all work sites are messy. No joke! Dirt, rocks, mud, building materials everywhere! Overhead cranes, bulldozers, cement mixtures – you name it, it was there! Iron workers, brick layers, plumbers, pipe fitters, electricians, carpenters – all doing their jobs, all at the same time. Concrete being poured. Trucks of building materials being unloaded. All sorts of scaffolds being built. At first glance, one might conclude that all of this activity seems to be bit disorganized. However, quite the opposite is true.

Behind all of those activities, there are plans. Master Plans of how each of these contractors were to do each of their assigned jobs: What needed to be done, how it was to be done, by whom, by when – having deadlines, and what the costs would be. As each of these plans were being implemented, the building started to take shape until one day, often times years later, it was complete. Inside and out these amazing structures that once was just an idea on a piece of paper (blueprints if you will) came into existence.

In the role that I now have as the leader of Firstlight, I often remind myself of those former work sites. That behind all of what we are doing that there is a Master Plan, of what He wants us to accomplish with the resources He provides, to complete those plans. Planting churches, reaching people, caring for orphans, – all of what Firstlight is doing is being carried out according to what we know the Will of God to be. And a lot of that gets translated into the projects and ministries that Firstlight is involved in.

We want to be as Moses who was to build according to the pattern what was shown to him, on the mountain. And like the Apostle Paul who said: “I lay a foundation and another one comes and builds upon it.” (I Cor. 3:8-10) As we approach the last 90 days of 2015, we are holding fast the plans and purposes that He has for us. Plans to prosper us, and to give us a future and a hope! (Jer. 29:11)

~ Dan Ecker