TRUST AND OBEY

One of the greatest needs as a Christian is that of trusting the God that we claim to place our faith in. The old hymn says, "Trust and obey for there is no better way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey." As promising as that is and as much as I understand it, I have found that I struggle at times to trust and then obey. I want to, I need to, but I sometime neglect to. So as I look into the future I want to embrace the emotions that God has given me and submit them to the Lord in obedience to Him. I want to live fully for God and make sure others know about it. I want to give Jesus all of me, not just what I am comfortable with. I want to depend on the faith that I claim I have. And in that process maybe God will be glorified through my life.

OPPORTUNITIES

This past couple of weeks I have been presented with the question of going back to a church that I have pastored in the past. And I have to admit that this has been an emotional suggestion as there is a lot of me that desires to go back there. But after a lot of prayer and godly council my answer has been maybe. Maybe in a year after my contract in Salem is up. Maybe late if the church has a clear calling to present to me. Maybe some other time as right now I just don't have a clear peace about this opportunity. Who knows what can happen in a year. After all who thought I would be who I am at this point in my life or who would have thought that I would be living in the Midwest again. Or who would have thought that two of my children would be at Barcaly at the same time and getting along with each other. God is full of surprises and I now wait for another year to see what He has in store for me next.