Turner Days, Faith and the Power of God!
Good morning, today I have the opportunity to finish preparing for Sunday morning worship, and yet I am greatly consumed with one particular topic for this coming weekend, it is the community event in our area: Turner Days. I love Turner Days for several reasons: first, I love it because we as a body of Christ-followers get the opportunity in a very simple way to serve our community. I love this because I love Jesus Christ and He has so wonderfully laid His life down on my behalf and so what better way to demonstrate the truth of the gospel than to serve. Second, I love Turner Days because we really get to interact with the people in our community. During this event we meet thousands of people and we get to talk with them about why we are trying to serve our community. Finally, I love Turner Days because it stretches my faith! This is the topic I want to sit on for a moment.
In the Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah we find some amazing demonstrations of the power of God. For example: God uses a wicked King of Persia to send people back to Jerusalem and build a Temple for God. This wicked King also pays for the entire project and provides protection for the Israelites and Ezra tells us that God did all of that! In Ezra we also see God changing the hearts of His people. In Nehemiah we find God delivering the Israelites from opposition and we find Him providing for the rebuilding of the walls! God did all of this. Now, where does this come into play for Oak Grove Baptist Church and Turner Days? Here is where: we have an opportunity to believe God and take Him at His Word this weekend. We need to have faith that He is going to work amongst our community and use us to see changed lives in the people around us. I believe that God wants to save and change the neighbors, relatives, friends and co-workers all around you and me, and so I love Turner Days because I get to seek to exercise faith in the power of my great God. What does He want you to exercise faith in Him towards?