The Rock …
It’s really amazing when God leaves instructions on your doorstep. We know that we are setting out on a new adventure, we have known for the last year or so. I have been the executive director of the Outreach Gospel Mission for the last 4 years, and we have had our ups and downs there, but particularly in the last year we could sense God moving us away from organized rescue ministry, and out into the field for ministry. I don’t believe missionaries ever retire, especially in these last days. We always will have an opportunity to point to Jesus Christ as our Savior, Lord, and King. Christians are missionaries by nature, or should be. One night last week as we returned late from Deborah’s Bible study, it was about 11:00 PM. We were both tired, and had come in and out of the house from the car, unloading things as we went. I went out for one more trip, and to my astonishment, there was something on our doorstep. It was a painted rock! We don’t have neighbors that would do this, our pastor lives in a different town. In fact we could think of no one who would this on our doorstep? In a time where Deborah and I are waiting on the Lord for direction / instructions, we get it, from the Lord Himself. On the back of the rock is a verse taped to the rock, it is Ephesians 1:17;
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
However the rock ended up on our doorstep, we take it literally, “A Lost World, Needs to know Our God!” As Deborah and I start out on the road, piled in the Bus, we will keep this rock in front of us in the bus remembering that God can and will use us to point to Him wherever we are …
Craig and Deborah, Blessings <><