Taking a step back today to look at the BIG picture.

So it's been a pretty hectic last few months.

We have launched our Dreaming with Purpose website and conference promotion is now well under way.

I've just returned from a successful trip to Singapore with Jonathan looking at funding and future relationships.

And there has been a heap of little seeds and opportunities springing up all over the place.

So now I need to take time out and assess the big picture. Now I cannot see everything that God is doing but it is important to take stock of things on a regular basis to see WHAT YOU CAN SEE and then bring this before God to see if He's seeing the same thing!

At the same time I need to take some time just for me and my Daddy. Time without Worldchangers or Marketplace Christianity or even Horizon church. I am firstly a son and need this time of intimacy and fun with my Daddy or I will burn out. I'm not speaking negative things over me - I KNOW from experience that I have the capacity to push and push and get things done and then BAM! I'm stuffed and burning out.

What use to God am I in bed sick or tired and depressed because there is so much to do and I'm overwhelmed? There is nothing so vital, nothing so important that I must do, nothing God absolutely needs me to do that is more important than time with the Lord.

So I have to keep an eye on my workload and my family and my health. They will get out of balance "for a period" but this must never be the norm. I am responsible before the Lord for my own health and the well-being of my family first - before my ministry.

So here I am taking stock. I can see several things so much more clearly after my trip to Singapore. Gifts and talents in me bubbled up in joy as we went through the amazing series of meetings God had prepared for us. Skills and techniques long forgotten got the dust shaken off and flexed again. I really enjoyed it.

I believe God is preparing me so I'm ready when the doors open. He is also preparing the hearts of others who will align themselves with what we are doing and co-labour with us on the journey. As people join and support each seed that has been sown then momentum will build and build.

But that is Gods job. He is stirring the hearts of others and I can do nothing. To push people to join would be manipulation. To await people to respond to Gods prompting is the right way.

So I wait. Seeds planted - check! Todays obedience point - check! Stopping myself from rushing forward in the flesh - check! Believing for the impossible and dreaming WAY TOO BIG - check!

Think I'll have a cup of tea, read a book and have a nap. Edens home from school shortly. Have missed her whilst in Singapore so will spend time encouraging her shooting at our netball hoop when she gets home.

Will read Andy Masons book Dream Culture. I had breakfast this morning with Andy and his wife Janine. It was such a privilege to meet with them and share our hearts. They are doing such great things and God is opening so many doors for them. Keep an eye on them as I believe God is/will use them in a big way. Loved his comment "Bethel is not about ministry, but about taking a culture of Gods presence" into the world.

More on them tomorrow, or later this week!

For now - time to spend time with Daddy!