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.