WHAT ABOUT ME?

It's the sort of question that I expect church officials hear all too often:

When are you going to send us a new pastor?
When are you going to find me a new congregation?
Why don't you pay more attention to the small churches?
Why don't you pay more attention to the growing churches?
What about me?

That wasn't the sort of question Jesus asked when he walked this earth. He asked people to focus on the needs of the poor and the outcast. He sought to glorify his Father in heaven. In fact, the only time Jesus was even tempted to focus on his own needs and wants, it was Satan doing the tempting (see Matthew 4:1-12). And when from the cross he said, "I thirst," it was to verify what had been predicted centuries before and recorded in the Bible (see John 19:28).

One thing I have learned through the years is that at the right time, God will act, whether it is to provide for me or help me to provide for someone else. My job is focus on what GOD wants, which is that his reign over all things might be acknowledged and practiced by everyone, and that everyone all over the world might be reconciled and returned to him through his Son, Jesus Christ.

God will take care of me, so I can glorify him. That's true for the individual Christian as well as for the church.

God's blessings to you this day.