From Nothing to Double
Theme of the Week: Finding God's Will
Heather Jamison
Thursday, August 15, 2002
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From Nothing to Double
Theme of the Week: Finding God's Will
Thursday, August 15
Key Bible Verse: "But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus" (Acts 20:24). Bonus Reading:Acts 20:18-27
At 27, Tony Evans's path appeared planned. After eight years of Bible college and Dallas Theological Seminary, he'd earned his master's degree with honors. And the seminary offered him a full-time teaching position.
Everything looked excellent. Tony could teach biblical truth, enjoy a secure family income, and conveniently pursue a doctoral degree.
"But then pastor Gene Getz reminded me of all these theoretical ideas I had," recalls Tony. "He challenged me to put them into practice. And faculty member Charles Ryrie told me that the world didn't need another ideologist … [but] someone who'd demonstrate theology worked out in the local church."
The two urged Tony to turn down the teaching position and plant a church in Oak Cliff, a Dallas suburb. This option carried limited pay, fewer immediate opportunities, and no prestige. Tony accepted the challenge.
"It's funny," Evans muses, "but after I turned down the position and accepted the church-plant, the seminary called back and offered me a part-time teaching position. So by choosing what God directed, I got both."
—Heather Jamison in Kindred Spirit
My Response: God provided for me in an unexpected way when …
Thought to Apply: When the Almighty wants me to do or not to do any particular thing, he finds a way of letting me know about it.
—Abraham Lincoln (U.S. President)
Adapted from: Kindred Spirit (5-6/00).
Copyright © 2002 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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July/August 2002,Vol. 5,No. 4
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