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on mission and Psalm 1


 

This has been a great week as a team from our church went on a mission trip to help build a church in eastern North Carolina.  They continue to serve, and I was able to spend two days serving.


So many things rush through my mind as we worked in the church’s new building.  First and foremost, I am overwhelmed with the responsibility and opportunity that the church has to impact their community and the world.  Second, I was reminded of what still needs to be done in the building we are working on.  And third, it is obvious that we all have the same call.


That call is to worship God and to help others see and come to know God.  May we take up that challenge and be who God called us to be.  He is worthy, and we are needy.  That is why I remind you of the facts from Psalm 1.  


This is a powerful statement that has long been part of my faith.  Read this and make it part of how you walk with God and serve others.


Psalm 1:1-3  NLT  

How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.


Be with the right people and serve the Lord.  Don’t let the enemy or anyone keep you from staying on the path of walking with Jesus!

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