Weekend Thoughts

My years of serving God has not diminished my excitement as I stand amazed at the work of the Holy Spirit among the family of God.  There was a character in a television show of many years ago who had a statement that he made often throughout the programs.  He would make the following remarks after he identified a successful mission; "I love it when a plan comes together."  I love it when a plan from God comes together.  As human beings we spend much time in planning sessions, strategy sessions, programming sessions, and organizational sessions.  I certainly don't think that we do not need any of the above mentioned strategies at work in our personal lives as well as our spiritual lives.  What if we applied as much time to spiritual preparation as we did in our natural preparation?  What if we prayed as much as we discussed?  What if we sought after God as much as we sought after the opinions of our fellow man?  Again I am not against any type of discussion and interaction with fellow believers but there does come the time in which we need to believe in and trust in the wisdom and knowledge of God.  We must learn to lean on God and not just lean on our own understanding.  Isaiah reminds us that God has ways and thoughts that are higher than our ways and thoughts.  The Apostle Paul gave us a great promise in Ephesians 3:20-21, "Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever, Amen. (NKJV)

I was able to witness the ways and plans of God become a reality on Sunday morning at New River Worship Center.  The leadership of this local body does its best to plan the service after the heart of God but there are times that God has plans far beyond our ability to plan and strategize.  We also have leaders who have a desire to listen to the Voice of God and His plan for the service.  I was amazed as the Call to Worship, Interpretative Dance, and Corporate Worship flowed in the same anointing.  To my knowledge these individuals had not spoken to one another yet they flowed in the same unction from the Spirit.  The Spirit reminded the congregation of the faithfulness and fidelity of God.  The Spirit reminded the congregation that we can trust in the promises of God.  I felt that the Word that God placed on my heart to share added confirmation to the direction of the Spirit.  I am still rejoicing this morning as I reflect on the direction and presence of the Spirit.  Many of you have seen this happen in your lives and in your local church settings but we DO NOT NEED TO FORGET THAT THE CHURCH BELONGS TO GOD AND NOT TO US.  The Spirit is aware of the needs that we face and He is able to reveal the truth that we need to hear at any given moment. Let us trust in Him to bring the direction that we need both personal as well as corporate.