Surge Lunch - Oct. 2016 - The Leader and the Pursuing God with Joshua Ryan Butler

The Leader and the Pursuing God As leaders, we often feel like we need to be pace setters in pursuing God. But, if we’re honest, God can often feel distant, even as we seek to lead others. We search for books, methods, tools and practices to help us pursue God with more intentionality.   But what if we have it backward and God is the one pursuing us? What if our job is not to go find God, but to stop running and hiding? Not to discover the light, but step out of the shadows? Not to earn God's love, but simply receive it?  Jesus reveals a God who comes after us, who is on the prowl, hunting down his world for reconciliation. And the question we're left with is not whether we've been good enough, jumped high enough, or sought hard enough...