Minister's Letter - June 2010
How big is our God to you?
Over the past few weeks as I have been preparing for Pentecost I have been challenged once again as to the awesomeness of God. As we read the account of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2 we see how God has a way of bringing about His mighty will, He can change the history of humanity as we know it.
When the Holy Spirit fell on those gathered in the upper room they would never be the same again. We see how Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit spoke to thousands, it wasn’t the most eloquent of sermons and yet with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, many were added to God’s Kingdom on that single occasion. When all hope seems to be gone, God intervenes and miracles happen!
In Ezekiel chapter 12 verse 25, we read, ‘For I am the Lord. I speak, and the Word which I speak will come to pass...’
‘There are two possible explanations for what happened in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, in 1876. It was either the most astounding coincidence, or an act of God; literally. The Methodist Episcopal Church South needed a new building, so when somebody donated a plot of land on Oyster Creek Road they accepted. It was low-lying land so they constructed a sturdy little white-frame church and put it up on brick pilings. Days later a storm lashed the town and those within sight of Oyster Creek Road witnessed something amazing. The church building, still intact, was afloat! The flood had lifted it up off its pilings and sent it down the road. They tried to moor it with ropes but the church moved on. At the town centre, as dozens of people watched helplessly, it made a sharp, inexplicable right turn and continued on. Finally, in the same decisive manner it veered off the road, it headed straight for a vacant plot of land and stopped dead in the centre! The flood waters eventually receded but the building is still there. In fact, 134 years have passed since the church, now called Providence Methodist Church, floated itself to the most desirable property in town. What’s amazing is this: The plot of land where it settled had originally been the congregation’s first choice for their building, but the landowner Sam Sadler turned them down. The morning after the flood, he presented the pastor with the deed.
“For I am the Lord. I speak, and the word which I speak will come to Pass”. No doubt about it; when God makes up His mind, nothing gets in His way!
When we commit our lives to Jesus Christ and seek to walk in the will of God we too will witness amazing things, no problem or situation is too hard for Him, He is still God and His Spirit is very much alive today, but do you believe it? How big is God to you?
I pray that in the coming months you will find this same God hearing and answering your prayers, and as we are reminded of the coming of the Holy Spirit may we to be reminded that we are the very temples of God and that He dwells within us, transforming us, equipping us, and making us more like Him. May God help us to think ‘outside the box’ and be the people He has called us to be.
Every blessing
Jon