Today, Keith and I had “a meeting”… I know what you’re thinking-wait….no I don’t.

Well, I seem to be having eloquence-blocked trains of thought right now, and cannot for the life of me think of anything smart to say. So, I will just tell you the story of our talk.

We met at 9 this morning, and might I add, what a beautiful morning it was! Sunny, 62 (to be precise), and not a care in the world on my weekly monday (day off). We talked marriage, we talked ministry, and we talked volleyball! It was the time I have been praying for as I know he has been super busy getting settled and being a father, husband, and senior pastor of a budding church….sounds easy, right? I don’t think so.

Anyway, we discussed my potential roles and what we are struggling with and where our vision is taking ourselves, or families, and ultimately the Body here in Seattle…If you [brothers] have not done this with your pastor lately, DO IT! They are God’s instruments-shepards. You are the flock! Be sheparded! It feels good. Talk with him (or her), share, be real, be UNAFRAID. ‘Submit to one another out of reverence for the Lord Jesus’ instructs GOD, via Paul. The thing that stuck, and that will continue to stick, was Keith’s suggestion to learn to be “humbly confident.” We see Christ doing it all the time-leading by serving, teaching in parables (“…let he who is without sin cast the first stone…”), and giving ALL glory to the FATHER.

It is the task, the goal, the battle….the EPIC that young men must face. Learn to defeat your pride/desire for glory through experience of GOD’s realized potential through you. No confidence in self; pure, unadultered, infallable confidence in the One who has all power. No shame, no fear, no doubt; pure, full, unbreakable, immovable assurance in what, how, and why HE is doing. Period.

That is my quest. It’s what I want to know. What I want to see. To hear. To speak. To teach…Humble Confidence.