Opportunities

The last couple of weeks have afforded me some opportunities to share God's wisdom. Two different places and two totally different situations, yet the same truths. Let me share those with you.

The first opportunity to share God's truth came during my time with the alternative high school class I hang out with for a couple of hours each week. The class had watched the movie "August Rush," and Rudy started a conversation with the question; "Do you think we all have a unique calling in life?"

The conversation that followed for me pointed to the fact so often people simply live life from one day to the next without really catching the idea that what they do has an effect on the community, or larger body. The idea of community and how we are responsible for one another has been one of the issues that I have been spending a lot of time with lately. In a message I preached last month I pointed at the Trinity in Genesis as the first recorded community in the Bible when God said "Let US make man in OUR own image". God clearly is working in community here as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the three elements of the Trinity that will be revealed throughout the Bible.

Anyway since I had been spending a lot of time with the idea of community when Rudy asked me to share my thoughts, I was ready. I told the class that I believe they were each created for something that was meant to strengthen the community and if they chose not to use their gift the community would be weaker. I also was able to tell them that from my point of view each of us has the freedom to do with the gifts that we were created with as we choose, but that we would not know true happiness unless we responded to the creator in a positive way. (to have an opportunity to share God's truth in a public school classroom is always a good thing.)

This occurred a couple of weeks ago and since then I have been in that classroom a couple of times. More and more I feel like I am part of what goes on in there and today one of the students even commented that they looked forward to my coming to class and sharing. Praise God! Relationships are being built! Community is being created!

The second opportunity today came as I visited a friend. It has been a while since I stopped to visit this person, and when they saw me they were thrilled. The person told me that they had been praying for someone to come along whom they could share some thoughts with, and I showed up. I am convinced that God orchestrated all of that because in my original plans for the day I was not planning on visiting this person, but something told me to stop by. I am glad that I did not miss the opportunity! God does call us to be our brother's keeper!


Please be in prayer for the group that is meeting on Thursday nights. We are planning on beginning the Son Life Discipleship training materials right after the first of the year. We have asked several other people to join us on that journey and are waiting to hear responses.


Your Servant in Christ,
Brian