Something to think about.

“If we grab for easy solutions to our problems, we will miss God's greatest blessings.” (John Henry Beukema)

Pastor's Corner

for Sunday 31st July
Because I said so.
When I was a child there were times when I would question my Mom or Dad when they gave me direction. Dad might say “be nice to your little brother” or possibly Mom would say “clean your room”. One of my favorite questions in return was very simple “Why”. I would get different responses from time to time but the one I seemed to get the most was “because I said so”. This was a very good lesson in trust and acceptance for me as a child and a young man. This same situation plays out in our lives today. We can take inventory of the happenings of our lives and if we don’t like what we see, we may approach God with our “why’s” in life. Today I know that the will of God is good, He is the great lover of our souls. I will not always understand and see how His love is being applied to all situations, but because I trust that He is good, I can accept, and wait. Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord; Be strong, and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. What began as a spark of hope for us, can become the fire of true faith, and that faith will ignite trust in God. When life seems to throw us a curveball or we just can’t seem to find God in any given situation, we may want to ask “why?” Today, knowing that God is only good, we can take courage, have faith, and persevere when God tells us “because I said so”.
Jake Thomas

Something to think about.

The Lord says, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Isa. 1:18

Pastor's Corner

For Sunday July 24th
Trusting in the Sovereignty of God
“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good … to save many people.” (Genesis 50:20) These are the amazing words that Joseph said to his brothers when they thought he was going to take revenge for the way they had treated him many years before. Joseph reminds us that ultimately, our lives are not in the hands of men, but in the hands of God, who overrules all things for His glory.
There were two things that God was doing in Joseph’s life. First: the messiah was going to come through Judah, one of Joseph’s brothers. In order to keep the family alive God placed Joseph in Pharaoh’s palace so that he could save his family from dying during the famine and thus preserve the messianic line. Second: before Joseph could be placed in the palace and have all the authority that he would need to be able to save his family God had to shape Joseph’s character and build his faith. So the road from shepherd boy to governor of Egypt was marked with hardship and testing.
Every Christian needs to know the overarching, overruling hand of God in their lives, to know no matter what evil may come against us; God is sovereign over it and will turn it for good. It is impossible, while in the midst of our struggle, to see where all this is going and how it’s all going to end, we have to trust His hand. Believe in those words, “God meant it for good”.
Pastor Don.