Hi, Pastor John.
The Matthew reading was so rich and full. But towards the end, the Lord gave me a vision. He showed me a poisonous snake crawling in my front yard. It was going towards Judy, who was hanging flowers by the pool after the storm that day. I was on guard (so to speak) after we left your house.
When we got home after the meeting, Judy started getting the flowers from the deck on the back of the house where we had them sitting under the roof overhang and walking them to hang on the plant hangers along the pool fence. I walked our dog as we normally do at night. As I was walking the dog, the dog started jumping and flinching; I thought it was after frogs. The more the dog sniffed, the more it started jumping. I pulled her away, and I saw a brown colored snake slithering in the grass going from the front of the house in the grass towards the pool where Judy was. I spoke somewhat loudly to Judy, “Be watchful and careful where you’re walking, I just saw a snake coming your way.”. Of course, Judy was now on alert, too. Nothing happened. Jesus warned us and kept us from getting bit – He kept us from harm.
This morning Judy said, “I’m glad the Lord was thinking about me.” I replied, “I know . . .if he is thinking about you in carnal things of this world to help and protect you, how much more is He thinking about you in Eternal things. Isn’t it wonderful to know He is thinking about you?” I also told Judy, “If Jesus gives bread to God’s children, how much more is the meat that He has to give.”
We serve a “big” good Master!
Billy