Mt. Gilead Baptist Church

A boy came into the local lumber company. “I want to buy some 4-by-2’s,” he announced. The man at the counter said, “Are you sure you don’t want 2-by-4’s?” “I’ll have to go ask my papaw,” the boy replied. In a few minutes he came back and said that he did, indeed, want 2-by-4’s. The man at the counter asked, “Well, how long do you need them?” “Now, I don’t have to ask my papaw that! We’re building a barn, so we need them for as long as you can spare them.”

It’s so important for us to know what other people are trying to say to us, isn’t it? God wants us to know His will, and He wants us to know the assignments He is giving us. It’s not His idea to keep us in the dark. But if we’re going to know God and His will, we need to communicate with Him. That is, we need to make sure we spend time in prayer. When we meet God, and fellowship with Him, and worship Him; when we read and study and meditate upon His Word, we put ourselves in a position to really hear God when He speaks, and understand Him when He reveals Himself, His purposes and His ways to us.

Be sure to make fellowship with the Heavenly Father a priority this week. It’ll change your life.

I hope you have a great week. I plan to.

Blessings, Pastor Lawrence

This entry was posted on Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 9:44 am and is filed under An Encouraging Word.