MY WAY!

Isaiah 55:7-8 says, "'For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,' says the LORD, 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts'" (New King James Version).  There are several insights to these verses.  Even though believers are to be conforming to Jesus Christ everyday, we are still sinners.  Since we are sinners, we do not have the mind of God completely (we are a work in progress).  God tells us bluntly that we don't think the same and we don't act the same.  He continues by telling us that His ways are "higher" than ours -that is, they are better.  If that is the case, then why do we trust our own thinking?  SELF-CENTEREDNESS.  Our society has become one that looks out for ME.  "I" obviously is the most important letter of the alphabet.  We want to be in control of our lives and we don't want ANYONE telling us what to do.  Here's the problem if you are a Christian:  you are not independent!  As believers, we are to be dependent on Him and trust His voice.  We are to be in a state of prayer constantly -before any decision, great or small.  WHY?  Because His ways are best.  And I wouldn't have it any other way!

The Greatest Little Church in the World...

Today, I left my position of pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Mayfield, KY.  It was a bittersweet day of worship, celebration, and sadness.  The church has watched me grow as a minister of the gospel over the past 9 years.  They have raised my children and saw me through the darkest days of my life.  I haven't been gone 12 hours and I miss them like crazy!  In times like these, we question God.  We wonder why he would ask us to leave something we love so much!  It's also in times like these that we must TRUST God and know that he ALWAYS has a plan.  Folks have continually asked "Where will you go?"  Like Abraham, I'm not sure -I just know it was time to leave and God will show us the way.  God is preparing another man to lead the flock at NVBC.  A man who will bring fresh ideas, energy, and new life to a group of believers with more potential than they will ever realize.  I will miss my little flock dearly and pray they unite during this time and keep their focus on God's kingdom while searching for their next leader.  My final words to the church were those of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 15:17, "LOVE ONE ANOTHER...."