I was just listening to the radio the other day when I heard this psalm read out. It was one of those almost mystical Bible moments when I realised the beauty of the language and the wonder of the meaning of the Word of God revealed.
Just read it for yourself and marvel at the completeness of Gods knowledge of you and of how totally He has you covered by His presence with you. He is Omniscient and Omnipresent. There is nothing He does not know; nothing He does not understand; and nowhere He cannot either be found or find you. Nothing is too big and nothing fazes Him. There is nothing too hard for Him and no situation He cannot turn for our good.
Psalm 139 (NIV)
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you? I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Wonderful, wonderful words – incredible truth – comfort and ease for our souls.
What a mighty God we love and serve
Monday, 14 June 2010
Sunday, 13 June 2010
How BIG is your God ?
Sometimes I really do believe that we undersize God. We short change Him. We totally forget just who He really is. We forget just what He has done. In short we virtually discredit Him by our lack of belief and faith.
I hear some of you saying, “Now wait a minute there buddy. . . . . .” OK let me try to justify some of my reasons by telling you just a fraction of what He has done and is still doing day by day.
Genesis 1 – God created heaven and earth – right ?? This little speck in the universe, the place we call earth, is one amazing place. Did you know that there are over 9000 species of birds; there are millions of species of insects, and the various animal groups, and millions more of plants mosses & lichens. Did you think God, when he planned and created all of these was a small god?
Then there’s the heavens. We can fit 1.3million of our wee earth into the sun, which can still burn us badly despite being 93million miles away. Our sun is a very small star – one of countless billions of stars spread over countless billions of light years of distance. When God created all of them – did you think He was a small god?
We have a great big God – the Lord God Almighty is His Name. Is there anything to hard for Him to do? Is there anything too complex for Him to understand? How can there be? He is the author and creator of everything including us. We are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’. He has completely revealed Himself to us throughout history and particularly in the Lord Jesus Christ, Gods Son, who died for our sins and to bring us back to our creator.
His promises are sure – He wrote a whole book for us to follow and understand Him. His Word, as we call it, even tells us that His promises are sure. Just one example is Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
So why do we still doubt Him?
Why are our prayers spoken more in hope than in belief? “Oh maybe He’ll answer but maybe He won’t!” “Oh I do hope God hears us!” “I can’t see that He will do it – it’s too much to ask!” What sort of faith is that? What is the matter with us?
When we pray we should be expecting God to move. When we pray, we should know that He does hear our prayers and that He does answer us.
Why do we limit our great and Almighty God? He IS the Lord God Almighty. He IS a great big God. STOP making Him any smaller.
My God is a BIG God – how about yours?
I hear some of you saying, “Now wait a minute there buddy. . . . . .” OK let me try to justify some of my reasons by telling you just a fraction of what He has done and is still doing day by day.
Genesis 1 – God created heaven and earth – right ?? This little speck in the universe, the place we call earth, is one amazing place. Did you know that there are over 9000 species of birds; there are millions of species of insects, and the various animal groups, and millions more of plants mosses & lichens. Did you think God, when he planned and created all of these was a small god?
Then there’s the heavens. We can fit 1.3million of our wee earth into the sun, which can still burn us badly despite being 93million miles away. Our sun is a very small star – one of countless billions of stars spread over countless billions of light years of distance. When God created all of them – did you think He was a small god?
We have a great big God – the Lord God Almighty is His Name. Is there anything to hard for Him to do? Is there anything too complex for Him to understand? How can there be? He is the author and creator of everything including us. We are ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’. He has completely revealed Himself to us throughout history and particularly in the Lord Jesus Christ, Gods Son, who died for our sins and to bring us back to our creator.
His promises are sure – He wrote a whole book for us to follow and understand Him. His Word, as we call it, even tells us that His promises are sure. Just one example is Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
So why do we still doubt Him?
Why are our prayers spoken more in hope than in belief? “Oh maybe He’ll answer but maybe He won’t!” “Oh I do hope God hears us!” “I can’t see that He will do it – it’s too much to ask!” What sort of faith is that? What is the matter with us?
When we pray we should be expecting God to move. When we pray, we should know that He does hear our prayers and that He does answer us.
Why do we limit our great and Almighty God? He IS the Lord God Almighty. He IS a great big God. STOP making Him any smaller.
My God is a BIG God – how about yours?
Friday, 11 June 2010
The Four Word Gospel
There is a very well known old hymn – ‘Praise my soul the King of Heaven’ – we sang it at my marriage to my late wife Linda. It contains these words as the third line of the first verse.
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.
Oh the glorious truth in that one single line – the gospel in four simple words
Ransomed – Yes Jesus really did pay the price for ALL of our sin at Calvary
Healed – Yes we are healed in His wonderful Name
Restored – Yes we are restored to God the Father by His victory at Calvary
Forgiven – Yes, incredibly, we are forgiven too. All our sins ‘remembered no more’.
Oh what a gloriously anointed line – “Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven. “ I am rejoicing even as I type this out. I am filled with joy, with wonder, with awe at our wonderful saviour Jesus Christ.
A friend of mine was driving round possibly the second most dangerous junction in the whole of London. It really is notorious. Just as he drove on to the junction, this line was being sung on the radio. His hands came off the wheel and he began praising God with all his heart – then found himself safely the other side of the junction – on the road he needed !!
What a mighty God we all serve. What a wonderful four word Gospel !! Say it with me now Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Shout it out loud - Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Go on do it again - Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Let the whole world know about the Lord, Jesus Christ
OH HALLELUJAH \o/
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet thy tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.
Oh the glorious truth in that one single line – the gospel in four simple words
Ransomed – Yes Jesus really did pay the price for ALL of our sin at Calvary
Healed – Yes we are healed in His wonderful Name
Restored – Yes we are restored to God the Father by His victory at Calvary
Forgiven – Yes, incredibly, we are forgiven too. All our sins ‘remembered no more’.
Oh what a gloriously anointed line – “Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven. “ I am rejoicing even as I type this out. I am filled with joy, with wonder, with awe at our wonderful saviour Jesus Christ.
A friend of mine was driving round possibly the second most dangerous junction in the whole of London. It really is notorious. Just as he drove on to the junction, this line was being sung on the radio. His hands came off the wheel and he began praising God with all his heart – then found himself safely the other side of the junction – on the road he needed !!
What a mighty God we all serve. What a wonderful four word Gospel !! Say it with me now Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Shout it out loud - Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Go on do it again - Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
Let the whole world know about the Lord, Jesus Christ
OH HALLELUJAH \o/
Why did Jesus choose you?
I heard an excellent little comment in a sermon recently. It was one of those comments that, as soon as we hear it, we wake up a bit more. It is rather like a slap in the face with a wet fish Yet it is so profound too. So what exactly was this great comment?
“Jesus didn’t call you to use you, no no no – He called you so you can learn to use Him !!”
Just think about that for a minute. There are so many who may not admit this, but they think it to themselves, “God called me ‘cos He needs me to do things for Him.” As the Word says, it is not by might nor by power but by Gods Spirit. He calls us so we can learn to trust Him and, by using His mighty Name, we can bring Glory to God.
We do all things to the Glory of God. The Bible even says ‘doing all things AS UNTO THE LORD’. So our job isn’t to help God because He doesn’t need our help. I don’t recall hearing Him say, “Oh how I wish I hadn’t made 10 commandments – there should have been 9 (or 11)” I don’t hear Him saying, “That was a dumb thing I just did.” No – Gods plans, actions, and timing are all perfect and He truly doesn’t need our help. Yet He does allow us to call upon His Name so that things can happen – and some of those things could make us look real smart. But He also requires that, whatever we “achieve”, we give Him ALL the Glory.
So we must learn to use Him. As I said earlier, “Jesus didn’t call you to use you, no no no – He called you so you can learn to use Him !!”
Let’s all learn to use Him more and more.
Let’s also remember to give Him all the Glory too.
“Jesus didn’t call you to use you, no no no – He called you so you can learn to use Him !!”
Just think about that for a minute. There are so many who may not admit this, but they think it to themselves, “God called me ‘cos He needs me to do things for Him.” As the Word says, it is not by might nor by power but by Gods Spirit. He calls us so we can learn to trust Him and, by using His mighty Name, we can bring Glory to God.
We do all things to the Glory of God. The Bible even says ‘doing all things AS UNTO THE LORD’. So our job isn’t to help God because He doesn’t need our help. I don’t recall hearing Him say, “Oh how I wish I hadn’t made 10 commandments – there should have been 9 (or 11)” I don’t hear Him saying, “That was a dumb thing I just did.” No – Gods plans, actions, and timing are all perfect and He truly doesn’t need our help. Yet He does allow us to call upon His Name so that things can happen – and some of those things could make us look real smart. But He also requires that, whatever we “achieve”, we give Him ALL the Glory.
So we must learn to use Him. As I said earlier, “Jesus didn’t call you to use you, no no no – He called you so you can learn to use Him !!”
Let’s all learn to use Him more and more.
Let’s also remember to give Him all the Glory too.
Thursday, 10 June 2010
RoFMI Visit Report to Denmark 3 June 2010
Another early start saw just Peter and I off to the airport at a very early hour of the morning. We were off to Denmark again for two events. A 10th Anniversary celebration and a gathering of pastors and leaders. That we squeezed much more than this into our time is almost a given these days but how much we can report is somewhat limited. The planned schedule is one thing, but what goes on behind the scenes is entirely another matter, and is probably 80% of the ministry.
So, arriving in Copenhagen at 9 UK time or 10 Danish time, we were met by Jens and Lotte Nielsen, our hosts from Stege on the southern island of Mon. We were to spend three glorious days with them. Glorious because the weather was wonderful and glorious because the Glory of God came to that place. They are building a habitation for the Lord right there is Stege and very soon the whole world will know of it. We had rather a relaxed schedule but we soon filled that in with home visits to the surrounding area of pin-neat and picture perfect little villages. What a blessed and idyllic spot !!
The first official meeting was at 7.00pm and we were entranced by the children (aged 2 to 11) leading us into a time of worship. There is something so powerful when children are encouraged to take the lead and we were all greatly blessed by the two ladies leading the children – their anointing was there for all to see. After the children left us we continued with anointed worship. I felt led to give Jens and Lotte a word about sowing and reaping. There is a cloud on their horizon and the rain is coming. This apparently confirmed very clearly a word Lotte had received at the new year and again almost repeated what Peter had said a couple of months ago – about neither of which I knew anything. Peter then spoke about the coming revival in the whole of Scandinavia – relating many confirming events, most of them being in which we have been directly involved. Several words of prophecy followed and Peter themed on Jesus last words in Mark 16:15-end. He reminded everyone that God does not lie and when He says ‘signs and wonders following’, then He means just that. Yet there is the price to pay for this and there is no pace for sin in our lives – no place for unforgiveness.
We eventually got to bed at 1.00am – a 21 hour day – and Friday dawned very bright, warm and sunny. We did two home visits to Brian and Yvonne, members of the Stege Church, and then to Mette, Jens & Lotte’s daughter. After lunch with Mette, she drove us all the way to Korsor, where our dear friends Henrietta and Lars who had an open BBQ for all their saved and unsaved friends and neighbours. After a ‘cautious’ start the whole thing went wonderfully well and everyone there was greatly blessed. Our new team member, Tonny, then drove us back to Stege for the final night of celebration. We got ‘home’ at around 3.30am – it was almost light; the birds were singing etc etc. Not much change there then – the usual RoFMI trip of long days and unusually short nights. The Lord is so good as He gives us His supernatural energy to keep going.
Saturday, we went to find Joanna & Simeon. I say we had to find them because the satnav took us the three places before we got the right one. The enemy really didn’t want that meeting to take place. Joanna had laid out a red carpet (!!!) leading to the gazebo in their garden – a sign of the respect that some people afford to the prophets in Denmark. We spent the whole afternoon there and they held another wonderful BBQ for us before we all came back to Stege for the final 10th Anniversary celebration. I felt very strongly that Jens and Lotte are ‘a heralds trumpet’ and that they will be heralding the coming revival to the whole area. Not just a beacon but the heralds of revival !! The main speaker this evening was Pastor Jens Garnfeldt from KBC Church in Copenhagen. This gifted man of God spoke about revival and how it comes and then, with Peter, ministered to everyone present. I received a powerful personal word which encouraged me greatly. A relatively early night at 01.00am.
On Sunday we bid a very fond farewell to Jens and Lotte and moved to Copenhagen for the second part of our weekend in Denmark. Tommy Joseffson is the owner of 5 TV channels and he had organised for a group of pastors and leaders from both Denmark and Sweden to gather together at his studios for a meeting. Little did we realise . . . . . After a short period of praise and worship, he invited Peter to take the meeting – that was at 11.20. Apart for a break for lunch we didn’t finish till just after 7.30pm – the longest meeting we have ever had. The time just went !! Peter was speaking about the price of revival and he illustrated it with anecdotes from his ministry. As I said – the time just flew by.
Then again on Sunday, we had another session with the pastors and leaders when Peter spoke about the price of pastoring – touching on issues that most pastors cannot share with anyone as they have no-one with whom to share these things. On both Saturday and Sunday, there were many words of prophecy and we were all greatly blessed by the fellowship and especially so by a couple of very moving moments of testimony and confession. As Tonny, our new team member quite rightly observed, “THIS is church”!!!
Then, finally, we went into central Copenhagen to where our very good friend Rene has just opened a Christian Café and he asked Peter to officially declare it open. So Peter duly cut the ribbon to the cheers of about 30 gathered friends and we launched a café. Isn’t God amazing? He has made this venture possible on a virtually zero budget and even as we fellowshipped and prayed together the good people of Copenhagen were peering in hopefully !! The text given was Matthew 22:9 “Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.” Very apt for René who is also a street evangelist.
So ended a wonderful weekend – and I cannot even tell you all about most of it !
So, arriving in Copenhagen at 9 UK time or 10 Danish time, we were met by Jens and Lotte Nielsen, our hosts from Stege on the southern island of Mon. We were to spend three glorious days with them. Glorious because the weather was wonderful and glorious because the Glory of God came to that place. They are building a habitation for the Lord right there is Stege and very soon the whole world will know of it. We had rather a relaxed schedule but we soon filled that in with home visits to the surrounding area of pin-neat and picture perfect little villages. What a blessed and idyllic spot !!
The first official meeting was at 7.00pm and we were entranced by the children (aged 2 to 11) leading us into a time of worship. There is something so powerful when children are encouraged to take the lead and we were all greatly blessed by the two ladies leading the children – their anointing was there for all to see. After the children left us we continued with anointed worship. I felt led to give Jens and Lotte a word about sowing and reaping. There is a cloud on their horizon and the rain is coming. This apparently confirmed very clearly a word Lotte had received at the new year and again almost repeated what Peter had said a couple of months ago – about neither of which I knew anything. Peter then spoke about the coming revival in the whole of Scandinavia – relating many confirming events, most of them being in which we have been directly involved. Several words of prophecy followed and Peter themed on Jesus last words in Mark 16:15-end. He reminded everyone that God does not lie and when He says ‘signs and wonders following’, then He means just that. Yet there is the price to pay for this and there is no pace for sin in our lives – no place for unforgiveness.
We eventually got to bed at 1.00am – a 21 hour day – and Friday dawned very bright, warm and sunny. We did two home visits to Brian and Yvonne, members of the Stege Church, and then to Mette, Jens & Lotte’s daughter. After lunch with Mette, she drove us all the way to Korsor, where our dear friends Henrietta and Lars who had an open BBQ for all their saved and unsaved friends and neighbours. After a ‘cautious’ start the whole thing went wonderfully well and everyone there was greatly blessed. Our new team member, Tonny, then drove us back to Stege for the final night of celebration. We got ‘home’ at around 3.30am – it was almost light; the birds were singing etc etc. Not much change there then – the usual RoFMI trip of long days and unusually short nights. The Lord is so good as He gives us His supernatural energy to keep going.
Saturday, we went to find Joanna & Simeon. I say we had to find them because the satnav took us the three places before we got the right one. The enemy really didn’t want that meeting to take place. Joanna had laid out a red carpet (!!!) leading to the gazebo in their garden – a sign of the respect that some people afford to the prophets in Denmark. We spent the whole afternoon there and they held another wonderful BBQ for us before we all came back to Stege for the final 10th Anniversary celebration. I felt very strongly that Jens and Lotte are ‘a heralds trumpet’ and that they will be heralding the coming revival to the whole area. Not just a beacon but the heralds of revival !! The main speaker this evening was Pastor Jens Garnfeldt from KBC Church in Copenhagen. This gifted man of God spoke about revival and how it comes and then, with Peter, ministered to everyone present. I received a powerful personal word which encouraged me greatly. A relatively early night at 01.00am.
On Sunday we bid a very fond farewell to Jens and Lotte and moved to Copenhagen for the second part of our weekend in Denmark. Tommy Joseffson is the owner of 5 TV channels and he had organised for a group of pastors and leaders from both Denmark and Sweden to gather together at his studios for a meeting. Little did we realise . . . . . After a short period of praise and worship, he invited Peter to take the meeting – that was at 11.20. Apart for a break for lunch we didn’t finish till just after 7.30pm – the longest meeting we have ever had. The time just went !! Peter was speaking about the price of revival and he illustrated it with anecdotes from his ministry. As I said – the time just flew by.
Then again on Sunday, we had another session with the pastors and leaders when Peter spoke about the price of pastoring – touching on issues that most pastors cannot share with anyone as they have no-one with whom to share these things. On both Saturday and Sunday, there were many words of prophecy and we were all greatly blessed by the fellowship and especially so by a couple of very moving moments of testimony and confession. As Tonny, our new team member quite rightly observed, “THIS is church”!!!
Then, finally, we went into central Copenhagen to where our very good friend Rene has just opened a Christian Café and he asked Peter to officially declare it open. So Peter duly cut the ribbon to the cheers of about 30 gathered friends and we launched a café. Isn’t God amazing? He has made this venture possible on a virtually zero budget and even as we fellowshipped and prayed together the good people of Copenhagen were peering in hopefully !! The text given was Matthew 22:9 “Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.” Very apt for René who is also a street evangelist.
So ended a wonderful weekend – and I cannot even tell you all about most of it !
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Song of Solomon
Have you read this book lately? No, what I mean is this – have you really read it? All 8 chapters of it. Slowly, carefully, and fully – as you would any other Bible study you do - asking the Lord for His view. Oh – this book blew my mind away this morning when I read it. It blew someone else’s mind too, when I read it to her as I think it is – a love poem. The poetry, the romance, the love – the sheer beauty of the language. Sadly, I know people who would not read this book because the language – “Oh dear - the language.”
Let me ask you this - Is God a prude? Does He get all embarrassed when we read this Book aloud? No He doesn’t. Is He ashamed of the various parts of the body that He made? No He is not. Is He ashamed when He hears us read any other scripture? This can only go downhill from here can’t it?
Does this remind you of what happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve covered their bodies – it does me. Yet – This is the Book, the Song of Songs, He had written; He had saved for thousands of years; and He then gave us as a part of His WORD.
So - Let me ask you something else – Is the Bible the inerrant Word of God or not. Do we believe it cover to cover? If it’s not inerrant or not the Word of God, then what do we think we are doing quoting it all the time? “Yes but – but – Well there’s some passages that really are quite rude!” Well if it is a little ‘undignified’ then, why do we still avoid these ‘hard’ passages so that we won’t tread on someone’s wee dainties.
The Bible is a grown up book – it is not a children’s bed-time book. David danced wildly and naked before the Ark of the Covenant as it returned. We don’t avoid that passage do we? Yet I cannot remember ever hearing the Song of Songs as the base text for a sermon – can you ?
I beg you – read this book and marvel with me at the indescribable beauty of it. Husbands, wives – read it to each other. Yes go on!! Bring some real Godly romance into your lives. God didn’t go to all the bother of having this wonderful book written and included in the Bible for some of us to censor it !!
Let me ask you this - Is God a prude? Does He get all embarrassed when we read this Book aloud? No He doesn’t. Is He ashamed of the various parts of the body that He made? No He is not. Is He ashamed when He hears us read any other scripture? This can only go downhill from here can’t it?
Does this remind you of what happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve covered their bodies – it does me. Yet – This is the Book, the Song of Songs, He had written; He had saved for thousands of years; and He then gave us as a part of His WORD.
So - Let me ask you something else – Is the Bible the inerrant Word of God or not. Do we believe it cover to cover? If it’s not inerrant or not the Word of God, then what do we think we are doing quoting it all the time? “Yes but – but – Well there’s some passages that really are quite rude!” Well if it is a little ‘undignified’ then, why do we still avoid these ‘hard’ passages so that we won’t tread on someone’s wee dainties.
The Bible is a grown up book – it is not a children’s bed-time book. David danced wildly and naked before the Ark of the Covenant as it returned. We don’t avoid that passage do we? Yet I cannot remember ever hearing the Song of Songs as the base text for a sermon – can you ?
I beg you – read this book and marvel with me at the indescribable beauty of it. Husbands, wives – read it to each other. Yes go on!! Bring some real Godly romance into your lives. God didn’t go to all the bother of having this wonderful book written and included in the Bible for some of us to censor it !!
Monday, 24 May 2010
Never too old for God
God surely does have a great sense of humour. Look at Joshua 13:1 – the Lord is speaking to Joshua who is, shall we say, getting on a bit. So how does the Lord cheer him up? “When Joshua was old and well advanced in years, the LORD said to him, "You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.” - ‘You are very old . . . .’ As if Joshua needed reminding !! LOL I know people who would be absolutely mortified being told they are very old – especially by God !! As a dear friend often says – “oh my - oh my!”
Yet there is another truth hidden in here too. Don’t you just love the Bible? You can read a scripture 20 or 30 times and suddenly – it leaps out at you a slaps you round the face like a wet fish. You wonder, “Why did I not see that before?” To me this is one of the great joys of reading my Bible – the hidden truths which pop out suddenly – they surprise and delight you. So it is with this scripture. Josh 13:1 "You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.”
What this says and confirms to me is that we are NEVER TOO OLD to be of service in the Kingdom of God. As my Twitter bio says – “Think you are too old for God – Think again!!” My own testimony is that my ministry didn’t even start until I was 64 years old. Most of you think 64 = retirement. Not a bit of it. God only ever looks for a willing heart. The leading prayer warrior in my church is a little old lady of 87 years. Physically a bit wobbly on her pins – but spiritually she is a GIANT – a total inspiration to all of us and an object lesson too.
So too at 66 going on 67 years old I have discovered that the Lord hasn’t hardly begun with me yet. Oh wow – what a privilege! What a surprise! I am in full time ministry for RoFMI – and He has introduced me to someone – well what on earth can I say? God is the Lord of Suddenlies. Now, suddenly, I may well have a partner in ministry as well as a soul mate. Oh wow – can you even begin to imagine how grateful this makes me feel. I praise God and give Him ALL the Glory – all day long.
Yes – it’s true. Age is no barrier, no offence before the throne of God. A willing heart is all He seeks and, apparently, He has found two willing hearts. Isn’t He just a wonderful God.
Oh HALLELUJAH \o/
Yet there is another truth hidden in here too. Don’t you just love the Bible? You can read a scripture 20 or 30 times and suddenly – it leaps out at you a slaps you round the face like a wet fish. You wonder, “Why did I not see that before?” To me this is one of the great joys of reading my Bible – the hidden truths which pop out suddenly – they surprise and delight you. So it is with this scripture. Josh 13:1 "You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.”
What this says and confirms to me is that we are NEVER TOO OLD to be of service in the Kingdom of God. As my Twitter bio says – “Think you are too old for God – Think again!!” My own testimony is that my ministry didn’t even start until I was 64 years old. Most of you think 64 = retirement. Not a bit of it. God only ever looks for a willing heart. The leading prayer warrior in my church is a little old lady of 87 years. Physically a bit wobbly on her pins – but spiritually she is a GIANT – a total inspiration to all of us and an object lesson too.
So too at 66 going on 67 years old I have discovered that the Lord hasn’t hardly begun with me yet. Oh wow – what a privilege! What a surprise! I am in full time ministry for RoFMI – and He has introduced me to someone – well what on earth can I say? God is the Lord of Suddenlies. Now, suddenly, I may well have a partner in ministry as well as a soul mate. Oh wow – can you even begin to imagine how grateful this makes me feel. I praise God and give Him ALL the Glory – all day long.
Yes – it’s true. Age is no barrier, no offence before the throne of God. A willing heart is all He seeks and, apparently, He has found two willing hearts. Isn’t He just a wonderful God.
Oh HALLELUJAH \o/
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