This is not my entry for the day, but Bishop Will’s. I didn’t put it here because it was a better entry than mine (though it is). I put it here to show you how our leader is thinking, and so that you might be encouraged to think this way as well.
What Can Be — Trusting God
October 10, 2007
Baruch and Billy Carr
S: Nehemiah 3:20
Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.O: Everyone had to work on the wall and everyone was happy about it , especially Baruch.
A: This morning I think how hard and what a big task it was to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem. It would seem to me to big a task for such a small group of people without building skills. But because the people who were there had a leader who could see what could be with faith in God, they believed God had a better future in store for them. The wall could be rebuilt!
Obviously Baruch caught the writer’s eye. He not only worked on the wall, but was doing it like Billy Carr (a layman who led our VIM team to rebuild a house in Mississippi). He could do the work of 10 ordinary men. I only saw piles of lumber and he and his crew could see what it would look like and mean to the family when finished. Billy kept reminding our team what we were doing was for God and God would see that we finished what was to be done.
I hope to have that kind of leadership when it comes to our pastors and churches. So many only see what is in front of them i.e. a declining church in maintenance mode. I want them to see what can be and will be if they trust God with all their heart. I want our lay people to see their church as a mission not a fortress.
P: Father, this morning I pray for the spirit of Baruch and Billy Carr. Help this spirit spread to all our churches. Help each of do something great for God. Love, Dick
Y: I will not settle with what is.
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