Faithfulness and Frogs

Written by Banning Liebscher Sunday, 18 October 2009 16:00

Look how good I have been with blogging. I am patting my self on the back right now for the barrage of blogs I have been writing. ;-) We've been back for a week from England. Back on my normal sleep schedule and back in the city where In-N-Out calls home. We came back into a crazy week with a conference at Bethel with Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda. So love them and what they bring.

I have been thinking recently about 1 Thessalonians 5:24 which says, "He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it." Three things stand out right away. One, God is calling us. God's voice is beckoning us to go deeper, to live holier, to love more, to move in signs and wonders, to embrace freedom, and many other things. We must hear the voice of God calling us and respond by giving ourselves wholeheartedly to what He is doing. Our heart must stay tender to His voice in our lives. Second, God is faithful. He never calls us and then abandons us. He is always by our side. The Holy Spirit comes alongside us and is our Helper. No matter how dark it may get, no matter how hard it may seem, no matter how it seems as if the odds are stacked against us, God will never leave our side. He is faithful. God is full of faith. Many times God calls us to things we do not have faith for, but it's okay because He is full of faith for what He called us to. Third, He will do it. This one is huge for me. It seems that in so many areas of my life I feel in over my head. Stretched beyond my capability. It seems that what God is calling me to is impossible. But what I root myself firmly in is that truth that when God calls me, He is faithful to do it. God will get me where I need to be. When I am weak, He is strong. No matter how overwhelmed I feel by His voice calling me, I know that when He calls He immediately goes to work to accomplish what He is calling me to. God is so faithful. Where would we be without the faithfulness of God!

On a family note, my kids had a blast in England but our so glad to be home. They missed their friends at school and Lily our dog. My boy also missed his two fire belly toads. Yesterday, he caught three more frogs in our front yard. I was a proud father as he carried his catch. He had them in bowls of water in the back  yard. If they acted up he would put them in time out in another bowl. It was classic.

Our Pastors Advance is coming up in a couple of weeks and then I head off to be with my friend Darren Davis in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to speak at his conference.