Why Not?
Every weekend here is such a festival of conviviality! And the main reason I look forward to weekends is because I can’t wait to be together with the believers of Compass Bible Church on the Lord’s Day. Praise God for our new church! I so look forward to each Sunday for the wonderful times of teaching, worship and fellowship–the week in between is much too long!
On Friday we went with a large group from our church to an Angels game. Even though the Angels lost it was a fun time to visit with people.
On Saturday I had the opportunity to attend our church’s women’s tea. About two hundred women came and it was an awesome time with live music, delicious catering and a challenging message from an older woman in our church. She spoke about Matthew 14 where Peter walks on water to Jesus. She said that we need to be “water walkers” taking steps of obedience toward Christ. One of her points that really stood out to me was one of the characteristics she gave of “water walkers.” These kinds of people, she said, are never surprised by troubles in life. The immature believer says, “Why me? Why this? Why now?” But the mature believer says, “Why not?” She called us out to be actively seeking the next step of obedience.
I was challenged by her words because I can remember asking some of the “why?” questions even within the last month. The one I’m most often hung up on is “why now?” I need to realize that there is never a convenient time for me to be tested. When I came home I spent some time looking up verses on trials and testing. Throughout the New Testament we are commanded to rejoice in trials and not to be surprised when we have trials. One passage was 1 Peter 1:6-7
while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
that the genuineness of your faith,
being much more precious than gold that perishes,
though it is tested by fire,
may be found praise, honor,
and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
On the note of rejoicing…the picture is from a little engagement party we had Saturday night. We are so excited for Bobby’s brother, Billy who proposed to his girlfriend Cory on Saturday!
June 12th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
This blog was encouraging to me today. Trials can be very trying, but it’s good to remember that they are tests of faith – am I willing to trust God and rejoice? I pray that we will both continue to grow in how we respond to trials. Also- congratulations to Billy and Cory!