September 29th People Reflection

Thursday 9/29/2005

3 John-Please give a personal greeting to each of our friends.

Ezra 7-8-Ezra has spent his entire life studying and obeying the Law of the LORD and teaching it to others.

Psalm 94-LORD God, you punish the guilty

Luke 10.17-20-rejoice that your names are written in heaven

Revelation 12.7-12-But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony

Psalm 28-The LORD is the strength of his people

"I wasn’t in the rotation this time." – A friend’s observation on a service job – Makes me wonder how the early missionaries felt- did they feel they were left out of the rotation- out of contact with the usual people they knew- on their own- always meeting new people- delivering a new message of hope- delivering a message to some who will accept it and many who will reject it – even reject the message in a cruel manner- Not in the rotation of the norm- but in a different rotation- those who purposefully walk from God- with full knowledge of what they are doing- God will punish- some people purposefully work against God and his people- trying to stifle work in the kingdom- but God has overcome all this- already supplied the answer and solution- and it’s not about something we do to correct it- God has corrected and saved this world – conquered by the blood of the Lamb—and by the word of their testimony—"I wasn’t in the rotation this time."- Well the word of my testimony puts me right back in that rotation- so those early missionaries? – well – they were in the rotation- even if they felt they weren’t- because they had the salvation of the blood of the Lamb on their side- and they had their own personal testimony to tell- you see- God is our strength- not inclusion in some rotation – because our testimony isn’t something in rotation- it’s a full time thing- "I wasn’t in the rotation this time."—Well???—Rest assured that God has taken care of your rotation for you- serve him in his kingdom just as you have been called to do- by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony.

Prayer- Lord – include me this day – include me with my story of how you are active in my life- let me sing it to all I meet- it’s a unique story about a unique love- put me in that rotation this day- and give me all the chances you wish for me to have to tell the word of testimony. --- Amen