learning to relax and to rely on God, because I believed
that leading was what God had called
me to do. Deep down, I knew I was
alive for a purpose bigger than I was,
something more important than I could
even understand or imagine as a young
boy. I was determined that my frequent
blinking and self-imposed anxiety would
not prevent me from doing what I knew
God wanted me to do. At an early age I

awakened to the knowledge that God
wanted me to serve him in ways that
would make a positive difference in
people’s lives. So gradually, as my faith
grew I began to experience his unfolding
revelation of what he put me on this
earth to do—lead, serve, and equip the
local church.