Fruit: Faith

Two of my favorite passages in the scripture are when the Israelites come to the Red Sea and the Jordan River.  I can’t imagine what must have been going through everyone’s head as the huge bodies of water.  If my pastor lead me to a raging river or a sea and told me to put my foot in and cross, I’d laugh politely and….what?  Because I have a point of reference, I’d like to think that I would put my foot in the water and…hope for the best?  remember that God has already dont this and believe that He’ll do it again?  do it out of obedience?

A few weeks ago when I was planning the picnic, it looked bleak.  I had a long list of places for my church to serve and 1 volunteer.  Me.  Noone else had signed up, and I kept saying, “Yes, of course we can do that!”  After the first day of sign-ups, I was looking into human cloning and fast.  Pastor John came up with the idea to give out post cards so that people could sign up during the announcements.  All of a sudden, I had tons of volunteers.  I had too many volunteers. 

Point.  There is a point.  I could have thrown in the towel.  I could have made one phone call and we would have been relinquished of our duties.  But, I kept saying, “Yes, of course we can do that.”  And God provided a wonderful group of people with hearts that say, “Yes, of course we can do that!!!”  God parted the Red Sea.  God parted the River Jordan.

I leave you with this encouragement.  Go ankle deep in the sea, in the river and see what God will do.  I know that God is challenging me to go ankle deep on a few things in my life.  I know that I’m not alone.  Where is God challenging you?  Take a risk.  It’ll pay dividends.  If you don’t believe me, ask Voorhees Township.  They’ll tell you.