“I have been young, and
now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants
begging bread.” – Psalm 37:25
That was King David who wrote
that. I just shared that verse with a good friend who asked me how we were
doing – not just in the face of COVID-19, but with life and living in
general. I told him that “I live and do
and serve like I am not getting older confident that God will always provide
somehow.” God doesn’t promise us plenty –
but He does promise enough. One thing about doing what we do, we have the opportunity
to see people who are in great need – live uncertain lives. As much as I would like to, I can’t help
every one that I meet. The question always
is – “Lord, do I help this one?” I have
often told people that Jesus did not heal everyone – but what He did, He did to
bring glory to the Father.
“Then Jesus answered and
said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself,
but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like
manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself
does.” – John 5:19-20
God has a divine purpose for
each of us. We should live and breathe for His glory – just like Jesus. Our country
– the world – has just had the rug pulled out from under it. In the midst of
the turmoil there is a light that is shining – God is at work in the midst of all
the confusion.
I visited a family yesterday –
the wife had renal failure, a kidney transplant and now lung cancer. But she is
hopeful. We are doing work on her home. There are yet some things that must be corrected.
She called me on Sunday afternoon and I had gone there to see what must be
done. I assured her and her husband that
all would be well. (BTW, Their nephew is joining
the Marines. I gave him a Marine’s Bible I had from the Campus Crusade (now
CRU) Military Ministry. It so happened that I joined the Army on March 23rd,
1969 – 51 years ago yesterday – wow!) At any rate, as I was about to leave the
husband said “Pastor would you pray for us?” I must tell you that I don’t
promote the idea that I am a pastor – although that is what the Haitians called
me – and what a number of people here call me – not because of any formal
training – or because I pastor a church – or that I tell them that I am a
pastor, but because of God’s anointing. God
reminded me of that yesterday. Of course we prayed.
So what has God purposed for
you to do? What is your anointing? What do you see God doing that you are to do
– just like Jesus did? Like Rick Warren began in his book, The Purpose Driven
Life, “It is not about you.” What is it about? Your life in the context of God’s
blessing and God’s calling. The world
needs to see Jesus in you. Today.
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