Are You A Part Of The Solution?

The last several months my church family has been walking an interesting path to be sure. We've experienced much that I'm thinking many church families have not, and we are doing well. Now this has not really been a bad thing, not at all. Some times there are things that we must go through to learn what we are made of, and that is what I see happening right now in my church. Let me state here for the record too, that I do not believe that God has "caused" this to happen to us, but He is working it out wonderfully for all of those who have the ability to see it.

Remember the Scripture that states in Romans 8:28, "And we know

that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." Did you see that? It says, "in" all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. I have heard Pastor say for years that God told him to go to Sand Springs and raise up a New Testament church and from there he would touch the world. And that He (God) would call faithful men and women alongside Pastor to help him.

This year celebrates our church's 30th year in Sand Springs, and I am happy to say that Cheryl and I have been there for 18 of those 30 years. We've served in many areas of Word of Life and have made countless friends and had many adventures there too. One thing that I have noticed is that even though we are experiencing something that I've never seen happen before in a church, we have not fallen, nor given up on the commission that God gave Pastor so many years ago. We are marching forward, despite all obstacles and seeing God move mightily! This is a testament to what a great job our Pastor has done in teaching us how to be "the church", and hooking up with the vision that God gave him so long ago. My Pastor is an awesome man and I am so very grateful that he has been there for me and my family.

I am an avid people watcher. I love to watch how people react to situations, mainly because I'm trying desperately to learn what not to do in my own life. Ha! People are funny, in that they respond in a variety of ways when the unusual happens. Some rise to the challenge of the moment, others crumble under the weight of it, and then there are those who just want to talk and inadvertently end up causing trouble. It's like that old saying I once heard; "There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wondered what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen."

So as I've watched the people at our church, I've seen all three of these types. Some have picked up the yoke that Pastor has carried for so many years and continued to do the work and have made things happen. Others in the church have been watching things happen and there are those who have just wondered what happened. Church family in order for us to continue to be successful in this time, we have to be people who make things happen. So, my question to you is this; are you part of the solution, or are you just wondering what is going on?

Come on Word of Life, let's get our fists up and go out and whip something for the Kingdom today!