I am just coming back from holidays. It has been a month since I was in the office. It's been wonderful to take a break, but I am ready to be back in 'the game'. It's good to sit on the bench, or in the locker room, or the clubhouse for a while, but I'm really happy to be feeling strong and healthy and ready to work.
I am running a little bit later than I had planned this morning. It seems as my bed had too much power over me :)
I'm looking forward to this next year of ministry. I came to a decision this holiday that I would no longer be double minded about being in the ministry. I am closing the door on 25 years of wondering if I should be a pastor. Wait, I have closed the door. Until the Lord removes me, I am going to pastor. My hands are on the plow, my eyes are on the goal, my heart is set on following Jesus. And so here we go...
Journal Entry #1 after holidays:
Scripture
Psalms 62:8
O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude
Observation
David wrote this. Trust the Lord at all times. When things are good, and when things are difficult. And in the midst of the trusting, pour out your heart. Don't just communicate information, merely bringing your requests to the Lord. Pour out your heart. There is a depth of relationship here ~ pouring out your heart not only to a God who cares, but a God who can do something about whatever you are bringing to Him. David writes 'for God is our refuge'. A safe place. God is a safe person to pour your heart out to. Not everyone is a safe person. Sometimes you can pour out your heart to someone and have it go terribly bad. Not so with God - He is our refuge.
Application
The best part of the application I think is what is written after this verse: interlude (selah).
Ponder, meditate, think on this. David not only wrote what we are to do, but then said we need to think on this. And so I do. I take time this day to think about trusting the Lord, pouring out my heart to Him, and waiting on Him.
Prayer
Point form things to pour out to God: DJ/A, Robyn's health, Church Building, Church Growth, Church Impact.
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