'Honey I Shrunk the Church' Sermon Series Says to Sweat the Small Stuff in Life
Rising young pastor Levi Lusko of Fresh Life Church in Kalispell, Montana, began a new series this past weekend called "Honey I Shrunk the Chuch," which he explains is all about growth and "getting big by thinking small."
Lusko introduced his latest series by saying that while "don't sweat the small stuff" is a popular life saying, we as Christians "need to figure out what little things matter in big ways," because "crappy trees lead to crappy forests."
To emphasize this theme, Lusko focuses on the ants and other woodland creatures described in Proverbs 30:25-28, which talks about "four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise," including ants, rock badgers, locusts, and spiders.
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Lusko specifically hones in on the ants, who are "small in size but exceedingly wise" due primarily to their ability to understand and adapt to changes in seasons.
In the summer, the evangelical pastor explains, ants gather their food so they may prepare for the cold winter.
Like ants, Christians need to "lean into their season" because it is ultimately what makes them powerful and prepared for God's will.
Seasons, Lusko explains, are an "unavoidable" part of our lives, including seasons of marriage, fashion, careers, family, and so on.
The megachurch pastor goes on to offer several guidelines that Christians can follow so they may better "lean into" the unavoidable seasons of their life.
First off, Christians need to try to understand and adapt to the season they're in.
"We need to, to whatever extent we can, study and try to understand these somewhat unpredictable, and certainly unavoidable, seasons to life," Lusko tells the audience, suggesting that every season, whether good or bad, has a purpose.
Secondly, Christians need to learn how to properly identify their season, because a lot of frustration in life "comes from misdiagnosing your seasons."
"You can keep building your sandcastles during low tide and then getting mad when the wave comes in and washes it out, or you can build your sandcastle a little higher up on the shore because there's an inevitability to seasons," the pastor tells the congregation, who responded with applause.
Along with misdiagnosing their seasons, Christians must also be careful of moving through their seasons too quickly: "[…] beware of rushing, because once you get a season over with, you can never get it back."
Some Christians, Lusko believes, suffer from "seasonal dissatisfaction disorder," meaning "you're never satisfied with the season you're in because you're so antsy to get to the one that's just around the river bend."
Christians must learn to appreciate their current season because "the blessings from the season you're in, they correspond to the strength God knows you have inside of you."
Lusko then encourages Christians to not only enjoy the present, but prepare for the future.
Christians "need to anticipate the season coming down the road," Lusko says, adding that "we [can] prepare for, but [not] worry about, the next season."
Lastly, the evangelical pastor encourages Christians to "celebrate their season."
"The work that God does from the beginning to end in your life is all beautiful in its time," Lusko concludes.
