"I Will Put My Trust in Him!"

 "And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children which God hath given me." (Hebrews 2:13 KJV)

  "The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away. I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting. Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put to shame. He who gives me justice is near. Who will dare to bring charges against me now? Where are my accusers? Let them appear! See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!" (PSALM 50:4-9 NLT)

 So, here is something I feel was rather interesting about yesterday, if anyone is interested in hearing the thing that God worked in my life; without me knowing what He was doing. My Pastor and friend, Bruce, was invited to share at Moutain Christian Fellowship; so, I decided to go up to that church to support him and pray for the message. 

 Little did I know, but his reheated message, which I might have heard two or three times before, shook me to my core, making me think of all the times I was told to share with someone, but because of the lack of time, I did not have the opportunity. Some of their faces flashed before my eyes, as they were people who I actually visited once a year, servicing their house for Termite Control. Yet, the last time I was there, was the last time I would see them on this earth! 

 The message was given from Acts chapter 10; the subject seems to be towards a centurion named Cornelius; but in reality, the real subject of the story was Peter, who spent several days with the men from Cornelius' household, as the Spirit spoke to Peter saying, "Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them." 

 Oddly enough, I had just shared a story with Pastor Bruce's wife, about the church I came from in Southern California, back in 1990; and the on-staff Evangelist who was Ray Comfort. I had made a recommendation to the Pastor who headed up the Men's Ministry, to ask for Ray to come up and share at our Men's Retreat, which he did. And I positioned myself in the first row, right in front of his podium. 

 As it were, Ray decided to play a little joke on me, and had a stack of tracks which he caused to fall to the floor. As I jumped down to the floor to pick them up, he jumped back away from the podium, exclaiming: "Stand up, I am just a man!" 

 It was a powerful trigger in Peter's story, because a soon as he arrived at Cornelius' house, "Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man." (Acts 10:25-26)

 At this point in the message, I closed my Bible and began praying for the closing message. Little did I know, but the closing message was God way of speaking to me! This was a set-up, from the very start! I went thinking I was supporting a friend, which I did; but God brought me there to speak directly into my heart...

"But faith's way of getting right with God says, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who will go up to heaven?' (to bring Christ down to earth). And don't say, 'Who will go down to the place of the dead?' (to bring Christ back to life again)." In fact, it says, "The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved." (Romans 10:6-10 NLT)