Thanksgiving

Thursday evening the 2 teams here will be meeting for preaching, fellowship and a meal. There are now 9 members on our team and 6 on the other. Some are missionaries and some are paid staff, but all love God and consider what we are doing here ministry and not just a job. It will be a time of prayer for our country as well as this country. The whole world is in crises, and the time to win the lost is growing ever shorter. It is a sobering time in which to live. If it were not for the sustaining hand of the Lord Jesus, it would be a time of great fear and for many people, Christians included. It is a fearful time as we watch events unfold before us that would have been unheard of even 10 years ago. Fear, however, is not always a bad thing. If it causes us to examine our lives and our motives and to get back to the important things, it is a good thing. If it causes us to pray for the lost like never before and if it causes us to work harder as we see the dark night coming, it is a good thing. It is important to have faith in these last trying days and to not let the wrong kind of fear engulf us. Worrying over "what we shall eat, what we shall drink, and what we shall put on," should not be part of the Christian's character. Now is not the time to pull back from giving and serving and praying. Now is the time to forge ahead and watch God do His perfect work. It always humors me to hear of folks stockpiling food and waiting for some kind of famine. If you had a house full of provisions and your neighbors were starving, you know that you would give it all away in a couple of days anyway, so why stack all that junk in your garage. I recently heard that there was a big run on Spam. You know Spam, the canned ham stuff. When I think of having to actually live for a few months on Spam, I have to laugh. I personally like Spam, but I think if we actually have a famine, that the Lord will provide for His own one way or the other. Survival stuff is flying off the shelves like never before. Guns, ammo, and all kinds of stuff are being stockpiled by people who are very afraid. Christ has not given us the spirit of fear, but of a sound mind. Christian, if you are terribly fearful what shall be tomorrow, just remember God did not give you that fear. It was put there by your archenemy, the devil and his evil emissaries. So, on Thursday have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and pray and thank Him for all the blessings of this life and especially for the life in Glory that awaits every believer in Christ.