Christian ministry can sometimes be frustrating! Sunday night at Kinross Rugby Club was one of those occasions. I had been looking forward to speaking at this event for ages for many reasons: I love Loch Leven Church, they are doing a ‘Have You Ever Wondered?’ series on Sunday nights; they don’t have their own buiding and so do these events out in the community, and loads of young people were planning to come, including many who haven’t yet trusted Christ.
Then on my way there there was a bad crash on the M90 and soon after I passed the scene the police shut the whole motorway – and queues stretched back for miles. Caught up in the delays were lots of people heading for the event. Worse still there were people at the event waiting to see their friends who were stuck on the motorway. Then we heard that one of the cars coming to join us for the Have You Ever Wondered? event was then involved in a shunt in the queing traffic – (thankfully no-one was hurt).
So with far too much pizza for the smaller-than-expected crowd, and several of the young people concerned about their friends, eventually we pressed on with the evening. We were looking at the ‘Have You Ever Wondered?’ question: Why We Long to Feel Seen? It’s a talk based on this article on the Solas website about the God who sees us and how we can repsond to the fact that we are not ‘invisible’ to him, nor unnoticed nor overlooked.
In such situations, it’s important to still bring the message and trust God to work! We had prayed extensively for the event, and so can rest assured that His will, will be done. Our own frustrations can be put to one side and we can continue to pray that those who were able to be there will have listened and realise that God sees them – in all their wonderful but fractured humanity and will forgive and restore any who come to Him.
Loch Leven Church is pressing ahead with these monthly events designed for young people, teenagers and those exploring the faith. This was only one evening of what we pray will be a really fruitful ministry in Kinross. Please join us in praying for those who were able to be there – as well as those who weren’t – and for my colleague Steve who is speaking there at the next one of these ‘Have You Ever Wondered?’ events at the rugby club.
