God Always Has A Way

I awoke with a simple but profound thought - God always has a way!! When Jesus proclaimed that He was THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE it was settled that no matter what you face in life HE IS THE WAY. Though Christ was primarily referring to Salvation, I think it is safe to say that HE IS THE WAY through the many situations that we find ourselves in in our lives.

A couple of months ago I drove to the LA area to have my taxes done. I use a company that specializes in doing taxes for clergy members. As I walked into their offices and walked back to the office of my accountant that I barely know, he began to read my mail!! I was completely blown away - I went to get my taxes done and ended up weeping as my accountant began to speak a word into my life.

Now you have to understand something, my accountant is not on my speed dial list. He is not in my favorites on my iPhone, he is just an individual that the IRS requires me to see at the most once a year. When I stepped into his office he said, "I have been waiting for you to get here! The Lord spoke to me to tell you...." And for 20 minutes he began to tell me things that he had no idea were going on in my life or the life of the church that I pastor.

Now I will be honest - As for as I know this man isn't "one of us" - You know a Pentecostal!! I know - some of you just stopped reading because - if you were like me at this moment, you thought - how could God speak through someone that may not be just like I am????

This man spoke some things into my life in areas that only my wife and I had spoken about. Things in our hearts for the church we pastor, things for our personal lives and ministry - I began to weep as I thought - God you know exactly what I need when I need it.

I left knowing I was getting a refund but more importantly realizing GOD WILL ALWAYS MAKE A WAY.

If we are willing to listen I believe that God can speak to us in a variety of ways, outside the four walls of church!! I know I pushing the edge here for some of you but think about it - Balaam was given the word of God through a DONKEY!! Now dont get me wrong - I am not calling my accountant a donkey - (dude I got a refund, he is not a donkey) - I am just trying to get us to understand that God will do whatever He needs to do to speak to us and give us direction in our lives.

I trust that we will slow down long enough to hear Him talking to us in moments we might miss if we are not careful.

Enjoy your week and go see your accountant!!

DS

I WILL BE BACK

To all of you who have been emailing wondering if I was stepping out of the Blog world - I will be back!! Just taking some time to focus on other things right now - reading, writing, arithmetic LOL No seriously, I have been meaning to jot some things down but have just been extremely busy with everything going on.

Each stage of life provides new challenges that must be conquered to step into the next arena. I have been challenged as of late to tackle the stage of life we are in as a church and see what God has for us in the next phase. It is exciting and frightening at the same time. Faith always requires trust - seeing beyond what is to what could be.

But I will write more of that later. Stay tuned - I will be back

DS