Hey Church!
I hope you're having an awesome week. We've got a big weekend coming up!
This Saturday at 9 a.m., come out to Harmony Grove to clean out The Commons to get ready for construction. We've got to get it totally cleared out. We'll have donuts, coffee, and juice.
On Sunday, we begin a brand new series called "Surviving the Election." It's going to be a great three weeks as we look for hope in this contentious political season. I believe the Church can offer a fresh word into our lives this election. Invite a friend and see you there!
Thought for the Week
"The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lay my hand on him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 24:6
I love the story and character of David in the Old Testament. He's most well known for his slaying of the giant, Goliath, but his life offers rich resources of faithfulness and the frailties of our own humanity. At his best, David had an incredibly sound perspective in the heat of the moment. In this passage, he has a chance to kill his adversary, King Saul, in a vulnerable and weak moment. It will be quick and decisive. His men have offered to do it for him. This will put him on the throne and raise him to leadership over all of Israel. He won't do it. It's not the right thing to do. It's not the right way to go about his business. God has already anointed and called him to be king, but it is not his time, and it should not happen this way. David won't be controlled by his impulses, "God forbid I should do that." We are kind of a culture of impulses. We buy what we want when we want. We do what we want when we want. On Demand even allows us to watch what we want when we want. Isn't it great! There is very little call for restraint in our world. But faithfulness to God, trust in God...it requires patience and restraint. What David is saying is, "God forbid I take a shortcut to my destiny. No, I wan't do it. I won't do something wrong to try to get to what is right. I'll wait." Every day we face 'in the heat of the moment' instances. It is so easy to take the easy way out. It is so easy to take the shortcut. It is so easy to take the path of least resistance. Could we exercise a kind of Godly restraint that says, "God forbid I do it that way?" You won't regret it. We will most certainly always regret doing it our own way when God demands otherwise. David eventually became King. He eventually met his destiny. God came through in David's patience. He always does.
In Christ,
Carter r
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