The Bible says the Holy Spirit is "able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine" (Eph. 3:20, NIV). This is a very hopeful statement for the Church these days and it constantly reminds us that God is present in ways our minds and imaginations cannot fully grasp. Every moment we are presented with infinite possibilities as we live embraced by the power of God.

This is crucial because we certainly have our challenges, challenges rooted in contemporary issues such as the complexity all around us of multiple cultures, materialism, hedonism, conflicting ideologies, post-modern thinking, post-Christian thinking, spiritual warfare contending for the lives of people created for God, how to be church, how to do church, how to worship, how not to worship, how to reach lost and broken people, how to share the love of God through the means of compassionate ministries, to name just a few.

As we face our times a question is pressing down on us. Are we willing to “re-narrate” ourselves; that is, are we willing to do whatever is necessary to tell our story, the story of Jesus, in such a way that people will be drawn to Christ, even if it takes us out of our comfort zone?

Oliver Windell Holmes once said, "I find that the great thing is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor."

Using this metaphor, regardless of the circumstances in which we find ourselves we must sail with focused attention to wherever it is our faithfulness to God takes us.

We are the church of God so let's set our sails to the winds of the Spirit, and let Jesus captain this boat.