It seems good to us and to the Holy Spirit. This is what the Apostles concluded when
facing a much greater challenge in the early church, ‘It
seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us.’ (Acts
15:28) They put their heads together and sensed God’s
leading. Perhaps we over spiritualize things sometimes - especially the
tangible things. ‘God wants us to double
in size,’ we say. Or we say, ‘God wants us to be in that new building so dig
deep.’ There is a joy in simply
following Jesus where He leads to be surprised by His goodness & His
blessings. (Check out yesterday’s blog)
‘It seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with
the whole church.’ (Acts
15:22) So they sent some good men with a letter. We have had amazing unity (if
not unanimity - how rare is that!) over this move. Let us go and seek God’s
blessing at our new location. Let us go
to serve. Let us go to worship. Let us go seek His will and His Word. May the Holy Spirit write the next chapter of
Aspen Ridge Church with our willing participation!
One of my favorite Bible stories is of Jonathan - the
king’s son and David’s friend - a man of faith and action. There is stalemate
in the war with the Philistines. So one day he takes his armor bearer-side kick
and goes looking for trouble. Jonathan says, ‘Come and let us cross over to the garrison; perhaps the LORD will work
for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few.’ Let’s not debate whether they were many or few
- there
were only two of them! J
(I Samuel 14:6)
A little faith, (do I hear mustard seed?) plus action, produced a great
victory. So let us cross over with genuine faith and see what the LORD will do ‘for’
us! It seems good to the elders and indeed the whole church.
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