Not My Work

I'm blogging in class. Not sure I should really admit that, but there it is.
In the midst of this class I am thinking through the details of World Christian Week and am excited about it. I'm mostly excited because being on the planning committee I know the great things we have planned, but  I also know the areas that are weak and where we just don't know how it will turn out. And that's exciting because it makes way for God to work in ways we cannot imagine or expect.
That's the thrilling thing about being a Christian and following God where he is leading, acting upon what God has shown you to do: He will ultimately work in ways that we cannot imagine in and through us. God is going to do something through World Christian Week NOT because of our work and effort in preparing, but because he is God. He will definitely use our preparation and the things planned, but those events of themselves are nothing - it is God working in and through them that will produce a great result.
I am so thankful that it is not my efforts, but that it is God's working in and through people (and events) that brings the result.