Bob Lehman
Executive Pastor
So, What’s on Your Mind?
Deuteronomy 6:4-15 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”
As many of you know Deb and I were missionaries for almost 30 years. In 1991 Deb and I gave up the security that comes from having a regular paycheck and stepped out in faith believing that God would provide for our needs; not only did he meet our needs, but so much more. Very early on in this walk of faith we started to establish memories of how God provided in miraculous ways; there were many. Then when we would find ourselves in a difficult situation, we would just remember how God had provided in the past. We made sure never to hide these situations from our kids, always taking the opportunity to remind them of His faithfulness. The funny thing was that we started looking to the difficult times not with dread but with anxious anticipation about how God would provide.
During these stressful times I think it would do us all good to spend more time reflecting on God’s past faithfulness in our lives. As you reflect on these times, you need to talk about them with your spouse, children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Remember, when we focus on the problem it becomes difficult to see God, but when we focus on God, we tend to see the problem differently.