4Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
Psalm 37:4-5
I will never forget the first time that I saw the speech of Gen. George S. Patton from the movie Patton (censored, of course!). I can still see George Scott playing Patton and standing in front of the American flag telling his men why they are going to go out and fight in that war. For those of you who are too young, maybe it was the time that William Wallace in Braveheart was inspiring the Scots to fight for their freedom. Either way, we know that feeling we get when someone comes out and inspires us with their words. We know that feeling that we get when there is nothing that could stand in the way of our good cause no matter how great the cost. We stand together, shoulder to shoulder, ready to fight, ready to do what we need to do. The only problem is that eventually we forget. We forget the speech and we forget the cause and all we seem to be able to remember is the cost.
How do we take what we’ve received from these forty days of prayer and transfer it into actual action? How do we take what God has been teaching us and moving in us and actually use it to reach the people of Albuquerque, indeed the people of the world? How do we take the inspiration from the training field and bring it to the battle field? It is only when we take action that we make a commitment.
For each person that commitment will be somewhat different. For some it is their role in certain ministries like the Storehouse. For some of the men going through officer training it will be as an elder or deacon. For some it will be giving of their financial resources to serve the church in that way. Whatever role that we take on, and in most cases it is several roles, it is important that we make a commitment and stick to it. We must remember the vision that God has given to us for reaching this city and be prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder in seeing it through.
At many times have we found ourselves at a crossroads which is what makes our name so appropriate. I believe that we are at another such crossroads. This past Spring we have seen growth and new excitement happening at Crossroads, but it is time to take it to the next level and trust in God for what He will do. Will you join with us? Will you join the fight and make the commitment to the future of Crossroads Fellowship?
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We've made that commitment and pray for the Lord to use us to bear Fruit!!!!!
God will take care of growth when the time is right...
I am focusing on an obscure point of the post, I'm sure, but I wonder who really are those "less fortunate" and who are we to judge?
While it's essential, without question, that much ministry is required in reaching out to the poor and less fortunate, what should we do about people who seem to "have it all" and certainly have more than I do?
If it is more difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, the rich man seems in need as much as the poor man.
I wonder then sometimes, if we shy away from ministering to the rich because it's easier to offer something to someone who has no material wealth.
I have to wonder, am I obeying God's word in serving ONLY those less fortunate, or just taking the easy way out to boost my own ego?
I think that you have a good point onsolidrock. In many respects it does not matter where you are materially if you don't have Jesus. But at the same time Jesus gave us a pretty clear example to care especially for the less fortunate materially and so we try, imperfectly, to reach out to them. A lot of it has to do with the whole shalom thing that I talk about in another post.
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