God’s tangible love
our fellowship took its monthly trip down to the ICC soup kitchen tonight. while talking to one of the men we were serving, he said, “the love of one beautiful woman makes the world a better place.” and i replied (out of the Spirit’s revelation, i’m sure), “that’s because it’s a reflection of God’s love.” i’m still trying to understand what i said. :p
God’s infinite patience
one of my favourite lessons came at the potluck on saturday. it was the first time i was meeting the worship team i’m “advising” for the next few months. i’m about five years older than the team members but i know for certain that they will teach me possibly more than i will teach them. anyway, during our time of sharing, one of the guys told us about something he’d learned at one of his church’s bible studies. he asked us a question relating to the story of david and goliath. we know that after david tried on saul’s armour and felt too clumsy and uncomfortable in it, he took his sling and went down to the river to gather five stones. he took a shot with the first stone and it hit goliath in the head, killing him. without faith in God, david could not have killed goliath. the question is this: if david had faith that God would give him victory, why did he pick up five stones?
our challenge, then, is to live one-stone lives. lives full of faith. or as i like to say, lives where it’s God or nothing.
~Psalm 23:3~