Under Construction

Back in an August post I mentioned how work had commenced on the construction of a new highway overpass bridge in our local community.

Not a lot has been happening at the site for the last few months, however today there has been a lot of activity, with most of the main highway being closed off as cranes and trucks and workman have converged to position a main component of the bridge.

It’ll be interesting to observe how the final phase of this local project comes together in the next few months - I know my own family is looking forward to testing out the new bridge and appreciating the improved (and safer) access it will provide across a busy highway.

I believe the bridge analogy can be helpful when applied to our local, national and even inter-national ministry contexts; especially when we consider the partnerships God wants us to build - providing increased connectivity and unrestricted access to those people we are called to serve and invest in.

As we look towards 2011, I wonder what existing bridges God may be calling us to reinforce and what new bridges He may want us to construct that can help connect His amazing love and good news to a lost and hurting world??

Bridge-building is surely a work-in-progress (again, as evidenced by the current project near our home). It takes time to build a bridge; it takes some foresight and planning to build a bridge; it takes initiative and finances and hard work to build a bridge…

Partnership is the bridge we construct to enable greater connectivity and therefore greater coverage for extending our influence to grow God’s Kingdom.

Who is God calling you to partner with into the new year?

Bridge-building…surely a worthwhile pursuit for each of us, wherever God has placed us to serve - may God help us to count the cost as we look towards a new year of ministry.

“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
Luke 14:28 NLT