It
has been a super sizzling summer weekend. The temperature on the outdoor
sign of our local High School read 102 F (though it was actually about 94-95).
It is like in G. Udayagiri, Orissa India during the early days of summer.
Alice and I drove down to the Philadelphia area to be with Lindy, our
granddaughter and her dear mommy and daddy Jess and
Tom. Lindy is 1 year now. She is adorable and such a winsome
child. She eats well, plays joyfully, and sleeps well. She goes to
bed on time and sleeps all night. She is learning to walk now - walking
with one "helper" hand. The Lord blessed us with bountiful
moments with Jess and her family. We drove home through one of the
exotic scenic routes, traveling along the Delaware River and Canal.
The
Lord blessed us with a joyful and sweet time in His house yesterday.
There was a church-wide Fish Fry and dinner following the worship.
The Barnes family opened their home and the back yard for the event. The
Lord always prepares a banqueting table . We rejoice and celebrate.
He is the Host at every table. We are His honored guests. Alice and
I went to our summer garden in the evening. We picked
some produce there. I picked fresh cucumbers and ate
them fresh, there in the garden itself. It does not get any
fresher than this.
I
preached yesterday from John 6:1-14, the miracle of our Lord, feeding the Five
Thousand men (men alone were 5000) with a meager lunch bag of a
young lad containing five small loaves of bread and two fish. This
situation elucidated the compassion , the magnanimity and crazy generosity
of our Lord. He takes our insignificant gifts and multiplies them with
extravagant grace and power. We are a blessed people living in a blessed
nation. The Lord surrounds us in every season with His abundance.
I read the story of Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin picked the number one followed by 100 zeroes while they were still graduate students at Stanford University. That number in mathematical terms is called a googol, and that became the name of their new enterprise. Today, Google operates the largest search engine in the world with internet users performing hundreds of millions searches a day.
Jim Reese, chief operations engineer of Google, says this about Brin and Page: "It takes a lot of confidence and courage to go ahead and do that [i.e., to be that big]. It's rare to find people who think on such a grand scale and are able to create a great product at the same time." (FreshMinistry.org, 11-5-02)
Google's founders were dreamers, and that's what it takes to accomplish great things. It takes a great dream to do great things, and that's true not only in business but also in the ministry to which God has called us, to be a part of! It is in our DNA that anyone who can lift up the name of Jesus..has a ministry! Ephesians 3:20 NKJ - Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly (just so you know..that's more than a googol) above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Ephesians 3:20-21 (the Message) "God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us." Glory to God in the church! Glory down all the generations!
Most people only ask for, what they think they can do and accomplish for themselves, if it came right down to it! That way, they think that they will never be let down or disappointed. It is written that we can do anything in the power of the Holy Spirit, the power of God, working within us! The young lad whose name we do not know placed the meager lunch in the most powerful Hands of Jesus. Jesus took charge of the dire situation. He moved in and demonstrated His divine power. The young boy thus became a partner with Jesus. He became a partner in ministry.
When we set out to do things in life, they should be based on Gods ability, not ours. We will never experience the miraculous in our lives, if we only hold ourselves to our own standards of what we are capable of, no matter how much effort we give! What we should always be doing is looking to Jesus and keeping our focus on Him! He beckons to follow Him in this adventure and become partners in His divine which under the same management for all these centuries. He never fails. His love never ends
.In Christ.
Brown
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