JON ALLEN

These are several pieces of the picture, but how do they fit? What is the picture? As I sit back now and look at the position God has put me in as a pastor at high Rock it is beginning to make sense! Each piece fits perfectly.

God has made me a teacher. I sincerely want to teach people. I want them to “get it”. To honestly trust Christ with their salvation and life. That means really putting Him in control of their everyday thoughts and activities. He has given me the desire to do that in a practical and creative way that will open closed eyes and soften hard hearts. The fact that He has made ma a logical thinker helps me be a better teacher. I can organize thoughts well and communicate concepts in a clear and understandable way. People often tell me that one of their favorite things about HRCC is (at all campuses) that they finally understand church sermons! Great! If we aren’t doing that, then what are we doing as teachers?

Without God teaching me to be 100% dedicated to Him, I would have no motivation to teach people to do that very thing. If God wasn’t teaching me constantly there would be no drive to teach. How can I ask or instruct people to do what I myself am not willing to do?