He's not saying to renounce all responsibility (as I'm wanting to); it's about trust.


I could tell you the analogy of a father throwing his child in the air and the child has no fear because they trust their daddy, or the analogy of ...

But in a way, that's hard to relate to. They're when it's fun and you're laughing and ...

I'm talking about trusting God and his plan and his purposes when stuff really sucks: when relationships are hard; when you don't have a job; when your health is failing; when you move away; when people die; when what your heart desires just isn't happening.

I'm talking about trusting God when it's really hard. And really scary. And really painful. But trusting him anyway.

Trust like a child.

I never want to become so grown up that I forget whose child I am and stop being dependant upon him.

Come to Jesus.
He is trustworthy. He is waiting for you. He will give you all you need.

In the immortal words of Darryl Kerrigan (and many before him), "a man's home is his castle." And what The Castle reminds us is that a house is more valuable than it's location.



So it's not where you build that ultimately matters, but how you build. 

A house with solid foundations survives whatever is thrown at it;
whether howling wind,
or raging water.

No matter what you are building -
a relationship, marriage or family;
a ministry, career or education;
a life of faith, purpose or meaning -
the question is: what foundation are you building on?

That's the point of Jesus' question in Luke 6:
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" [Luke 6:46]
How can you say you're following me, when you aren't listening to me?
What are you building on - do you even have a foundation?

If you build a relationship on your expectations and needs,
you're actually building without a foundation at all.
If you build a ministry on free coffee and fancy logos,
you're actually building without a foundation at all.
If you build your faith on good morals and regular church attendance,
Jesus isn't impressed, you're building with sand on sand.

Winds may howl and waters may rage, but the way you lay your foundations determines whether the life that you're building will stand. It also sets the course for the way you'll continue to build.

What you build it on,
you will have to maintain it on.
Build it on what matters.

You are immensely capable, you are talented and full of potential, you have the opportunity to do just about anything, in any place. So the question is not where to build your house, but how. You need to decide what matters. You need to take a stand on what really counts.



For some this is a reminder,
                             an encouragement to keep on pursuing what matters,
                                                                to keep on pushing out into the unexpected.
For others this is a challenge,
                               an invitation to start or restart planning your foundation,
                                                      to start or restart pushing out into the unexplored.

For me, I know enough about Jesus that I think he's all that matters. But if I'm going to take the challenging words of Luke 6 seriously, then it's more than just acknowledging him - it's a life of obedient trust, expectant hope and everyday sacrifice.
I've done enough thinking, studying and talking,
it's time for listening, trusting and walking.

God has so much in store for you. Are you content with where you're at with him? He has so much to offer you: so much more. And I don't want you to miss it. I don't want you to miss how good God is and what he has to give you.

I love Tim Hughes' new album, Pocketful of Faith. The title track starts with:

"I don't want to get there at the end of it all, looking behind me to see there was so much more. Take this pocketful of faith, it's all I have today. I'm giving it all."

I don't want you to miss it. I want you to know him. It's great to know about God, but it's so much better to know him. To know him personally and intimately. That's what he offers each one of us. All it takes is a pocketful of faith.

In 2014 I spent much of my time at home as I wasn't very well. I had an opportunity to be with Jesus.
I had the choice: to push in or to push away.
I didn't have heaps of support from lots of people around me but I had such intimacy and close relationship with Jesus. I put my faith in him and I got to know him better and experience his love in new ways. His intimacy is better than you imagine and more personal than you'd expect.

I want to know God more. I want to follow him closely. I want to be so dependent upon him.

When these are your prayers, expect big things from him. God hears the desires of your heart and responds to them. I'm not saying God gave me chronic fatigue so I would know him better, but he has used it in ways that answer my prayers and have taken me deeper. He is now answering them by taking us to new places.


You don't need to spend a year at home or move church or do something big to know God intimately. It starts with your everyday, with your heart;
but don't be surprised when he answers your prayers how you weren't expecting and turns your life upside down.
He is radical and extraordinary and always has our best interests at heart.

Don't get there at the end of it all, to look behind you and see there was so much more.

Go out into the deep with him. Just you and him. I promise it'll change your life.