God's work

Several months ago, our newest satellite campus, Camden County, asked if they could have live preaching instead of the recorded DVD they use now. I, along with 4 others, volunteered to fill those openings. I typed up the email telling them my dates of availability and then I let it sit on my desktop. And then I prayed. And I prayed some more. And I left the email there for the rest of the day. And over the course of the day, every time I closed a computer window and saw the email sitting there, I prayed again. The same anxiousness I had when I first typed those dates had all but disappeared. I was comforted in knowing that God was in control and if this is what He wanted, I would do it.

The same thing holds true when I did my first baptism. I remember standing beside the young lady at the top of stairs that lead into the water and I was very calm. As the time approached for us to enter the water, I began to worry about making a mistake. At that moment, I started shaking. So much so that I imagine the young lady could see it! Then I began to pray and the Holy Spirit told me I was doing God's work. And then I was calm. And then I began focusing on making another mistake and I started to shake again. And I prayed and it went away. I can see now that the Holy Spirit was telling me that if I focus on doing HIS work, He will help me but when I start focusing on ME, I was on my own. How simple can it get? Is that not exactly what we are told through out the Bible?

For those of you up to the challange, this week let's try to focus on letting God work THROUGH us. It might be as simple as an invite or a kind word and that alone could be critical in that person’s life. We all likely had more than one person help lead us to Christ. EVERYTHING we do is a rung in that ladder for the unsaved. This week, don't be scared to be a rung for a lost soul. After all this is God's work we are doing.