It is good to take time to reflect on what God has done in and through us in the past. And we should also set aside time to dream and plan for what God might have us do in the years to come.
One powerful thought that ought to grip our minds and hearts is that God is not finished yet. He has a plan and He is at work completing that eternal plan. As we have come through the Easter season, we were reminded that many thought everything was over once Jesus died there on the cross. The death was brutal and the burial was a show of seeming finality. Yet we know better, since we have read the pages of the Bible and see that this was not the end…it was merely a part of the great work of God. No one took Jesus’ life, He willingly gave it, for us, so that we might be made alive even as He was made alive on the third day.
As we look around us, we may think that the end is near…that God has deserted us and left evil to have the day. But we would be mistaken! God is certainly at work. He is not finished…with you, with me, with His Church (both here in Candor and around the world). If we look closely, we can see the things that He is doing. We see those who are reading God’s Word and being changed by it. We see blessing that He is showering on so many. And most importantly we see the beautiful body of believers loving and caring for each other as Jesus commanded us to. There is much left to do. The opportunities are before us. Let’s not give up, but rather determine to be attentive to the leading of God for what He would have us do next.
We hold tightly to the words that Paul encouraged Timothy with - “This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance…that we have put our trust in the living God…Command and teach these things…set an example for the believers…devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and teaching. Do not neglect your gift…Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.” 1 Timothy 4:9-15 (NIV84)
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