By Whatever Means Necessary

Good morning, I'm going to have to keep this short. I'm headed out the door to do setup for church. Oh, the joys of starting a new church. I look forward to the day that we have our own building and don't pack our equipment around in a trailer. But until that time - HAVE CHURCH, WILL TRAVEL.

Today's Powered by 4 reading came from 1 Samuel 13. In the past when I have read this, I have always focused on how Saul took it upon himself to offer an unlawful sacrifice to God. And while there is much to be learned from this regarding our own willingness to wait on God's timing, what grabbed my attention this morning was the desperation of the Israelites to stand and fight for what was important to them.

At the end of the Chapter, we see the Israelites so desperate to stand and fight that they are willing to go up against an army that was vastly superior in both numbers and equipment with nothing but sharpened farm equipment.

My question is this - What do we do when the odds look stacked against us? Do we turn tail and run, or do we stand and fight with whatever we have at our disposal? When God has called us to do something - even if it seems impossible, we must gather the shovels, and the plowshares, and the axes, and the hoes, and whatever other tool God has given us. We must sharpen the tools at our disposal, even if it means paying a tremendously high price, and dig in.

Are you willing to do whatever it takes to follow God's leading in your life?