This is not the subject that I intended for this week.
Several events redirected my focus.
The first was the conflict in Iran.
The second was a devotional reading.
And the third was my pastor’s sermon this morning.
#1
The conflict in Iran reminded me that our time on earth is not certain. We don’t know what tomorrow may bring.
As the psalmist wrote: So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12
#2
The devotional reading spoke of Abraham called to leave his home and extended family and to go where God would show him, and of the Israelites called to leave Egypt and go the Promised Land. Both situations called for relocation. The writer said it plainly: “If you want to get to the place where you aren’t, you must first leave the place where you are.”
#3
My pastor spoke of our need for revival. He said we can’t have revival without transformation. Many of us pray for revival but want someone else to make the change. It doesn’t work that way. Often when I have prayed, I understand when the answer comes, that God begins to answer by making a change in me.
And so the message for this Second Sunday in Lent is this:
What are you doing to bring about a revival of faith in the world today?
If you read God’s Word you know His plan. He spells it out in the writings of the Old Testament prophets. John’s visions in the New Testament Book of Revelation makes it clear where this word is headed. Satan knows is “in it to win it” – he will not give up the fight against God and His Church. If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ you are in the battle.
My devotional reading ended with these questions:
Where do you need to go?
What promised land has God called you to enter?
What must you first leave?
We are not promised tomorrow.
What are you doing with the today that God has given you?
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