Are We Dead Yet?
Phil 1:18-21 Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ, what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Between the giving of the promise and the fulfillment of that promise there is always a desert . In 1972 the Lord called me to the ministry and gave me a promise. He promised me He would make me a pastor. He neglected to tell me that it would take the rest of my life for Him to fulfill that promise. As a brash, foolish young man I thought all I had to do was go to school, get ordained and become a pastor. It only took me 6 years until 1978 to graduate from college and it only took 19 more years to get ordained. I was confused. When I received my