God gets the glory. Always. You
want to try and accomplish some incredible task in your own strength, go right
ahead. I hope you live a long time because you are going to need lots of time
to do it. On the other hand, even the impossible tasks for us are simple to the
LORD. He is the Almighty.
As we began to pray together
this past week, and specifically in our group prayer meetings on Wednesday,
some themes emerged that I’d like to share with you. I pray these revelations
will provoke you to join us daily in seeking the LORD together. Here they are:
1.
God is
in control. He already has a plan to bless Shadycrest, provide for our
needs, and expand our influence in His Kingdom. Will we join Him in His plans?
(Ps. 24:1)
2.
We must
seek Him. He is jealous for the glory for He deserves the glory and we do
not. We must rid our hearts of selfish intent. We must pursue goals for the
glory of God and none for us (2 Chronicles 7:14 & Jeremiah 29:13 are
instructive here).
3.
We must
not be afraid to ask. We have needs as a church and we often don’t see blessing
because we don’t seek the LORD and ask together in unity. Asking for provision
of real needs is faith in action. The LORD blesses people who are full of faith
(James 4:2-3 is instructive here).
4.
We must
have a missional vision for the blessing we receive. Will
God bless us if He know we are going to spend that financial blessing on more
stuff for us? We believe not. We are committing to make God’s mission our
mission!
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