What Inspires Me (Brian Koehn)

"I Will Build My Church"
Brian Koehn, General Manager

Tagging onto Kendra's post about what inspires me, I thought I'd write about what inspires me about working with churches.

When I was in Junior High School, all the kids in my neighborhood fell in love with soccer (it probably had something to do with the fact that a large empty lot was turned into a soccer field). I remember always trying to get on Bruce Harrison’s team. He was four years older than me, and the best player. No matter how we picked sides, his team usually won.

Playing on Bruce’s team seemed to have a multiplying effect on my average talent and athletic ability - a pass to Bruce often turned into an assist. Also, Bruce wore cleats and the rest of us played barefoot, and it was just more fun to win than to bleed.

The thing that I like best about working with churches is the Team Captain. He has the most talent of anyone in the neighborhood. When he said, “I will build My church, and it will knock the gates of Hell off their hinges,” it was not an empty boast. After all, it is “in Him we live and move and have our being.” It is His power that holds the nucleus of every atom together. It doesn’t matter how you pick sides, His team is going to win. Joining His team has more than a multiplying effect, because without Him, I can do nothing.

I try to remember all this each day, each hour, when the teams are picked and I choose whom to serve. And when the team is winning, it’s always good to remember why.