Great Sunday Service!

This morning's service was quite inspiring. Evangelist Roosevelt Hunter was with us for the day. When he stepped into the pulpit, he seemed a bit quiet. He was very gracious and complimentary of our church. And then he began to preach! Pastor Hunter talked about how easy it is for our focus to get scewed when we are doing the work of the Lord. The discussion went back to the 10 spies Moses sent into the Promised Land. All 10 came back with rave reviews of Canaan. All 10 of them went on and on about the food, the land itself, etc. Then all of the sudden 8 of the spies began to put fear into the hearts of the people by telling them about the people of Canaan. Roosevelt pulled out a pair of reading glasses and likened using them to enlarge our view to the negative view that the enemy can bring from time to time. hmmmm..... pretty cool, huh?

It got me to thinking about how I view circumstances in my life as well as how I fret and worry over circumstances in other people's lives. Lately I seem to forget that nothing takes my God by surprise. Not that He causes these things to happen mind you, and I DO know that. But I DO believe that what the enemy means for evil, God WILL work out for our good and for HIS glory!

Words from a song come to mind right now:

He's been faithful, faithful to me.
Looking back... His tender mercies I see...
Though in my heart I had questioned...
Even failed to believe...
Still He's been faithful, faithful to me....

So.... my goal for this week is to rely more on God's Word and less on my thoughts... to continue to fervently pray for those that I KNOW are going through tough times right now, and to put my faith and trust in Him, knowing that His hand will continue to be in EACH and EVEY situation. Won't you agree?

Be Blessed!