Imagineering the Church (Part 1)

We Don’t “Serve” God (and Other Flawed Starting Points)

Do you ever feel like you’re working for God, but not really with Him?

I’ve felt that.
Church planters, pastors, and volunteer teams are some of the hardest-working people I know. And yet, so many of us carry a distorted, performance-heavy assumption about why we’re here and what God wants from us.

Let me tell you about the time that shifted for me…

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Genesis 2:19–20

“Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them…”

This is wild if you really think about it.
God creates, then brings Adam into the story—not to spectate, but to participate.
God doesn't name the animals. Adam does.

It’s the first divine partnership.

It’s not God barking orders.
It’s God sharing life.

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A Flawed Starting Point

For years, I operated off a quiet, unspoken belief: “I’m here to serve God.”

It sounds noble. But it’s off.