I had a meeting yesterday afternoon with a great couple from our NL Lakeview location. God has them in a season of job transitions right now so we sat down to talk about possibilities and ideas as they plot their next step ('a man plans his steps but the Lord directs his way').
As we talked we began to see fields of opportunity to do "work as mission"--to marry together a career with making a difference in people's lives--in a creative and non-traditional way. By the end of the conversation I was so excited about the possibilities that I was ready to drop everything and join them in pursuit of this venture.
I've come to realize that some of the happiest moments of my life are when God uses me to help people see the possibilities they have to make a difference for Jesus--to get their lives on mission for God. They are "Gehazi Moments". I love to be there at the inception of an idea and then help it go from idea to reality. And the crazier and more impossible the idea, the more excited I get. I love to help people figure out their "power spot" (love that phrase from Sonny Arguinzoni--and I love how he says it. A friend and I heard Sonny speak 10 years ago in California about the "power spot" and its still fresh with me today.)
I know other people who find their happiest moments when they make order out of chaos. Its their power spot. (My wife is an "order from chaos" person.) Personally, I like to see chaos emerge from order and then to take that chaos and help focus it into a laser beam of missional power.
What is your power spot? What % of your time do you spend working in/toward your power spot?
Anytime you want to tell me what I'm supposed to be doing with my life, feel free.
Posted by: Mo | May 16, 2008 at 12:24 AM
I don't stop by here a lot, but I believe it was really one of those moments where the Lord wanted to speak to me...I want to live in the "Power Spot". Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Nancy Holec | May 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Mo, let's chat (I won't promise to tell you what to do with your life, but I will help you create some chaos;-).
Nancy, thanks for stopping by and glad God used it.
Posted by: Kevin | May 16, 2008 at 02:22 PM
Kevin, I'm with you on the whole "power spot" thing. There are times when I feel like my particular combination of gifting, passion and opportunity feels like such a needlessly complicated waste. These are usually the times when I've gotten impatient because more things aren't happening according to the timetable by which I want them to occur.
But then there are times like last night, when I was exactly in the right place, at the right time, doing one of the things I love to do the most, one of the reasons why I was put on the earth:
rockin' crowds with thought-provoking rap songs. =)
I just had the chance to do a show at Seattle Pacific U, and me and my friend Jaamar, who was my partner in rhyme, were so buzzed afterward we talked all the way through the 3-hour drive back home to Portland, about many things but mostly just about music and art and rhyme and why it's so hard for some Christians to get what we do.
Performing as an artist, and then using my performances to stir up and continue healthy debate in the faith community... that's one of my power spots, and I am grateful that it exists.
Posted by: Jelani Greenidge | May 17, 2008 at 04:58 AM
Love to chat, but at this point I can't bear to get my hopes up. If I haven't figured things out by now, I doubt anyone else can figure it out for me.
Posted by: Mo | May 18, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Just saw this post because you linked to it (I missed it the first time around).
I think my Power Spot is making "order" out of "laser beams"
hahaha :)
Posted by: Holly Greenidge | June 24, 2008 at 06:05 PM
That's funny, Holly! You aim the lasers to protect the innocent. We miss you and Jelani. Hope you are well out on the coast.
Posted by: Kevin | June 26, 2008 at 07:54 AM