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Pastor Rick King

On Easter Sunday 1994 I found myself driving to Skydive Temple in Temple TX. I was fulfilling a “Bucket list” of things I had to do before my life ended. I had decided it wasn’t worth it any more. The struggles, the pain, the constant loss, seemed like everything I had worked so hard for kept being taken from me. I was just done.

 

They opened the door on the plane at 12,000 feet as I sat at the very edge of the door. I looked down and started the first sincere prayer I had ever said in my life. The God that I had pushed away, yelled at, thrown stuff at, and denied was sitting there waiting for that very moment. We left the plane and I was in the hands of God. I landed in a new world, it felt like Oz. The grass was greener, people were smiling and I was on a new journey. I went right back in the skydiving office and signed up to get certified.

 

The day after my prayer and jump God promoted me and I got a new job at work. A little later he introduced me to my wonderful wife. Her family took me in like a son. God was restoring things in my life! I think the cool part of all of this was I really wasn’t even aware I had put God in control! Every week-end I prayed on the way to altitude to make skydives (Church of the rising Cessna) and God was keeping His promise and blessing my life! He moved me to the country, I finally own some land, I was skydiving with my kids and having a wonderful time with them.

 

As that season came to an end due to shoulders that like to dislocate in freefall I was very concerned. I still wasn’t aware of what all God was doing in my life. Without the Cessna where would I pray? God’s answer was from the seat of a motorcycle. I have ridden all my life and quit when I started jumping. It was an hour to work and an hour back and was just perfect for praying.

 

One night as I lay down to go to bed and I was saying my prayers. I felt this hole. I knew God was blessing my life but something very deep was missing. I asked God for the answer, what do I need to do? The response was swift and sure. “When are you going to start telling people what I have done for you?” I sat straight up in bed, I knew I was in trouble. I hadn’t been to a Church since 1984 (And I didn’t listen then) I didn’t look like I belonged in a Church of any kind, where would I go? All I could do was pray.

 

Two weeks later a friend and I rode to Somerville Texas (Where Jesus is Lord) to eat a steak. We passed in front of a Biker Church on Hwy 36 and my head twisted around. I could feel the draw. God was showing me the path. I went home and told my wife I would be going to Church the next week-end and she was surprised to say the least. I went back the next week and it was like Pastor Gary pulled back the curtains and the light showed me all the wonderful things God has done for me. I knew immediately that I was going to take this powerful message to Austin. It is through His power and grace that we are here today. God is Awesome!

 

God loves you and wants for you to have a good life. He is waiting patiently for you to decide. Starting a close and personal relationship with Jesus is as simple as a whispered a prayer from the bottom of your heart. Let Him show you the way today.