The Lord equips the called - He doesn't call the equipped

The first question that usually comes up when people hear that a new women's Summit Life Bible Study (LBS) is being started they ask "how" or "why". To which I reply "Do you believe in Divine Appointments? Because that's how and why."

I (Megan) had a divine appointment with Andrea on September 17 that would start a conversation that would begin a journey. I was introduced to Andrea as "the best teacher that isn't teaching" by Don (Summit Minister) after she mentioned she would be interested in teaching a women's class Don responded with, "meet your director, Megan". At this point Andrea and I went back and forth about ideas for what the class could be and that was that. I thought it wouldn't come up again... a great idea but me - director - I didn't know about that!

I was hesitant to even think about starting a class. I was comfortable in the place I was and the LBS I was in. Why do I need to move, change what I am doing, or my community I am in? And starting a new LBS?!? There are days I feel it is similar to planting a  church - and in many ways it is - you are going out into the unknown to reach a specific group of people for the furtherment of God's Kingdom! But every time I tried to push it to the side or pass it off to someone else I felt the Lord pushing it closer and closer to me. Finally it came to a point when I felt the Lord asking, "Megan, do you trust me? Because if you do I will do great things through you. But if you don't, you can stay where you are and I will do my work. I don't need you to do my work for me, but I want to use you. Don't worry about the baggage you have or the things you need to work out. If I can use Paul who imprisoned and murdered Christians I know I can use you. So are you in or out?"

After many words of encouragement, a few nudges (from both the Lord and people in my life that I trust and value their opinion) and a lot of prayer and digging into the word I surrendered to His plan - knowing that His plan is and will always be better than any plan I can make for  myself!

Over the last few months I have come together with other women I have come to know in my 3 years living in Houston to start laying down the foundation for what is to come. Andrea has challenged me in many ways and is constantly pouring into me - giving guidance of how to always look to Him and He will provide all.

Being the planner that I am - I like to have EVERYTHING planned out well in advance. Something that I have come to know is if you plan everything so far in advance you don't leave any room for the Lord's plan to come to fruition. I believe this is a lesson that Andrea knew I was going to need to learn and challenged me early on the importance of sitting and listening to the Lord. After a lot of sitting, more reading of the bible in a short amount of time than I had done in a while, and many surrendered prayers to the Lord, his plan came to be and His words lead in a way that the foundation of the class was laid by His hands and He chose to use specific women in the process.

Here we are, less than a month away from the first "soft start" of the class and I have no idea what it will look like. I don't know the women the Lord will send. I don't know what my calendar is going to look like. I don't know who He will call to help lead the women that do come. BUT what I do know is that the Lord is in it. The Lord is in the business of doing amazing things through people that fully surrender their lives to Him!

But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may reside in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9