What is that in your hand?

 

We look at history and see a myriad of people, an array of individuals that simply were not the typical "hero types" in the eyes of most individuals. In those cracks we can be sure to find God at work bringing His plan to the surface through mistakes and mishaps.  It’s through those miracles and mistakes that we find some of the greatest gems reflecting God’s love for each of us.

Exodus 4:1-5 (NIV)
1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”

2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.

3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 

4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

Sometimes we have to realize that the miracle CANNOT HAPPEN until we release what is in our hand. Therefore, what is in your hand?  Be obedient to God will and you will not regret it.

The cost of obedience is nothing when compared with the cost of disobedience.

P.Tony

Chair Stacking Buttons

Really? Why in the world are we even talking about something so insignificant? Well that small stacking button does more than look cute on the inside of a chair. I move a lot of chairs weekly. Let me share what I know and learned.

Stacking buttons are used in two ways:

1. They are to space out chairs when you stack them. This helps prevent them from being tangled into each other and allows them to be stacked and unstacked without one getting wedged together, making them difficult to get unstuck.

 2. They help protect against scratching and damage on the other frames. Its a way to help protect your chair  from getting damaged when you move them. Even if you rarely move your chairs, the buttons are critical.

Truth is that our prayer life is like these buttons. How?

1. Prayer spaces out the things in your life that dont matter from the ones that do.

2. Prayer protects you from taking unnecessary damage when moving about in life. Yourself or others.

Take a moment and pray. Dont dismiss the chance you have today to allow prayer to bring clarity to your life's situations.  Allow God to reveal the important things from the insignificant ones.

Pastor Tony