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Pastor’s Desk

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Dear Family,

paul

There is something very magical for me about building.  I have no training and very little knowledge or skill in this field, but to see or be a part of something being built gets something inside of me going—a real adrenaline rush!  One vital little piece of equipment in any building project is the simple spirit level.  Without its regular use, the building is certain to fail.  It’s really quite amazing that a little bubble of air inside a tube of liquid, if not used all the time, can result in a real disaster.  Lining up that little bubble where it should be ensures that walls are horizontal and perpendicular—hallmarks of a proper building.

It is likewise quite amazing how, when we line our lives up with God and his word, everything else comes out like it should.  2 Peter 1:3,4 reads: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

Simply, we need to line up our lives with God’s word so that we can participate in his divine nature.  Not the other way around!  Many people spend an enormous amount of time trying to persuade God to see things from their perspective, or trying to line the word up with their lives. Often this is done through so called prayers, some of them very passionate, but wasteful nonetheless.  God only hears things which are according to His will.  The rest is just a waste of breath.

Let us together commit to a new season of allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us to line up with the Father in all things.  Time on earth does get shorter and shorter—that’s biblical—but we can use our time profitably while we still have it.  Get that spirit level called the Bible active at all times, in all things, and be a part of building your life and others’ in the process in a way that brings glory to the One who deserves it.

Paul