牧者心聲  Pastor's Message

09/27/2009


      This week I had the privilege to attend a pastor’s retreat where around 9 pastors gathered together to discuss what God is doing in our lives, and in the lives of our churches. It was great to get to hear these other pastors, and all that God had taught them, and how they are still in need of Jesus each and every day. It was a blessing as well as an encouragement! One great discussion we had at about 11:30 at night was the question of why each of us in that room had given our entire lives to Jesus, including our vocation, our talents, our families, and every single thing in our lives. What took place to make each and every one of us turn to Jesus and follow him down the road of being on mission for Him? My answer was simple: When I was in college, I found God. He was, and is, so real to me that I gave up everything and follow Him to this day. I truly met God, and I cannot deny that I know Him, and that is why I am Christian. Then we began to discuss why it seems some people, even in the church, haven’t given up everything in their lives to follow Jesus. The only answer I could come up with is that those people have never known Jesus, or else their lives would reflect Him. If you have truly met Jesus, the same Jesus I know, then your lives will truly reflect Him. You will give up everything to follow one person, Jesus! Jesus said in Matthew 10:38-39 “and anyone who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” If you don’t see any radical change in your life, perhaps you should question if you really know Jesus. If you don’t know Him, now is the time to choose Him and live! I hope you have a blessed week as we continue on our faith walk with Christ, our Savior!




      Brother John J.