Weekend Review

Saturday and Sunday provided me with opportunities to share the Word of God that He had placed on my heart. I was given the privilege to offer the closing challenge to those attending the AL State Convention. During preparation for the service the Lord reminded me that He calls us to responsibility that is greater than our ability. Do not feel discouraged if your opportunity to serve seems larger than your ability to meet the challenge. God uses those moments to remind us that He is greater/larger than any opportunity that He places before us. The weaknesses that we feel affords us the opportunity to trust in the strength of God. Only when we are able to identify our weaknesses can we open ourselves to the strength of the Lord God Almighty. Sunday morning found me in the local church in Pelham, AL. The Lord ministered to those in attendance and several responded to the altar invitation. Tears were streaming down the faces of people as they looked to God for His love, mercy, and compassion to be released in their lives. We must always remember that God is truly interested in our lives and that He does have His eyes on us and He is aware of all that we are facing. Pastor K.T. and Frances Martin are doing a wonderful job in serving the church as Pastor. Both them and the people offered wonderful fellowship and they were very open to the preaching of the Word and the move of the Spirit. This past weekend in AL taught me that we are in desperate need of God's direction for our lives. This world/culture has so many distractions for ALL of us; it is so easy for our lives to move off course and we begin traveling the road of destruction rather than the road of life. We must make the right choice to travel the right road. We must stay focused on God and the direction that He is providing; we must stay focused on our commitment to Christ and the plans that He has for our lives. This is not the time to become distracted but these are the days to be sure that we know that we are headed in the right direction. Introspection affords us the opportunity for self examination. It is easier to exam our fellow travelers than it is to exam ourselves; we can identify in others what we think should to be corrected in their lives. We have the tendency to overlook our own needs and focus on what we have identified as the "needs" of others. We must be awakened out of this distraction and allow God the access to our life and in doing so this action opens the door for spiritual maturity and growth. Let this be a day in which we open ourselves to the presence of the Spirit and allow Him to do His work in our lives.