PASTOR’S PEN

GOD at Work

Shining as Lights in the World

"Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me,

not only in my presence but much more now in my absence,

work on your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at

work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Do all things without murmuring and arguing,"

Philippians 2:12-14

On Sunday, 18th October, the six-

week series named "God at Work"

is going to start and a notebook

will be available for the series.

God has created us with a

purpose. (Jeremiah 29:11) The LORD

says,

"For I have plans for you,

plans to prosper you and not to

harm you, plans to give you hope

and a future."

In the following 6 to 8 weeks, I

hope that we will all have the

opportunity to respond to God's

invitation to join Him and take an

active part in His mission for the

world.

Every week I ask you to do a simple

thing, for example praying and

asking God to reveal to you one

way in which you can serve other

people at work, at home, or in your

neighbourhood. Each week, record

the ways in which God is inviting

you to work with Him.

We don't need to figure out God's

mission; instead, we can look for

where God is already active and

pay attention to how He is calling

us to take part. As 1 Corinthians

12:18 states, "But as it is, God has

arranged the members in the body,

each one of them, as he chose."

God determines what each person

should do, and sometimes people

are not satisfied with the role God

has assigned them.

My uncle Bernard often says,

"Shine for Jesus." As Paul wrote to

the Philippians, "God is at work in

you, enabling you to both will and

to work...

If you already know God’s purpose

for your life, the place God has

assigned you, I suggest you keep

doing good and not become

discouraged. If you are uncertain,

ask God.

Keep the faith!

Brigitte Crowe