Working with God

During prayer I was reminded of a sermon that I heard the late Bishop Billy Murray share in a Leadership Conference several years ago. He used the scripture passage of John 5:17 & 19 as the backdrop of the sermon. In those passages Jesus states that He does whatever He sees the Father doing; in other words they are working together for the good of mankind. I felt that God was re-depositing this truth in my heart; I need to discover and understand what God is doing and then join myself to the work that God is already blessing. So many times we want God to bless what we are doing rather then allowing God to reveal to us what He is doing all around us. There have been times in my life that I have been guilty of looking through the eyes of the flesh rather then through the eyes of the Spirit. Each of us need to sense, recognize, and respond to what God is doing around us. God is bringing opportunities into our lives every day but we fail to identify that "God moment." What about the new friendships that you are developing in your neighborhood or at your place of employment? What about the children that have become friends of your children? What about the network of Pastors that God is placing in your life? What about your personal physician who asks you questions concerning your view of the end of time? These examples are a part of an endless list of opportunities that God brings into our lives on a daily basis. We must learn to identify when the Spirit is at work and then become comfortable following the leading of the Spirit as He leads us into a time of sharing the love of God with that individual person. Opportunities are all around us and we need to recognize these and allow God to use us to be a representative of the Kingdom of God. Our "message" is one that brings hope to a hurting world. Be observant today and see what God is doing around you.