Why I work at Rock Bridge...

I have no seminary degree... I have no formal church or ministry experience... I have an engineering degree and yet I work at an amazing church called Rock Bridge. In many ways it makes no sense at all, but for me it has been a wild journey that I wouldn't trade for anything. As for why they hired me, that's up to Matt and the elders and the people of Rock Bridge to explain, but I sure can tell you why I stay...

One of my favorite verses is in Isaiah 42:16. This passage got me through one of the toughest periods of my life. It says:

"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,

along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;

I will turn the darkness into light before them

and make the rough places smooth.

These are the things I will do;

I will not forsake them."

I began to see in this verse an amazing picture of God taking us down paths we don't know, into areas foreign to us, and that this should be an EXPECTATION of life, not an exception. If I am not running into situations and circumstances beyond me, something is wrong. I'm not following God.

But my favorite part in this is that God clearly leads THE BLIND! In my dark days when I realized how blind I was, I then began to be comforted and know that the blindness is OK! God doesn't particularly care to let me see what all is going on around me. He's not concerned with my lack of vision. His concern is whether or not I am following His voice and allowing Him to lead me.

I work for Rock Bridge because Matt Evans (our Sr. Pastor) never pretends to know it all. He never pretends to have all the answers or to see the future or even have a grasp on the challenges we will face. But that's OK. He is a blind man being led by God! He goes in his office and lays on the floor and prays, and asks God to lead him. And he comes out with a new thought, a new idea revealed from the bible, a new heart urging, and he says, "let's follow God on this." I have seen it happen countless times where even in my own prayers God will be laying things on my heart, and I will walk into Matt's office, and he will say the exact same things before I even bring them up. And then our elders will confirm it and we will so clearly know that our big and awesome God has this ragged band of blind people by the hand!

People say a lot of things about our church, mostly good, but sometimes not. But I will clearly say one thing, Rock Bridge is a church of blind people pursuing the voice of their Savior. There has never, ever been a day here when I felt the leadership of this church was not listening for God, for His voice, and for His heart. It's a great thing to be a part of a body that I know has Jesus at the wheel! I can't wait to go where God is leading us next!!!