Pastor John,
I had some good thoughts from the Spirit this morning, mainly: “Stop reacting to your surroundings. Your relationship is with Jesus, not your surroundings.”
That is life in this new covenant: being in this world, but not of it.
We move when Jesus says move. Our being is in him.
If we respond to our surroundings, which are ever-changing and usually in some kind of turmoil, we will be tossed in every direction. We’ll never know what to do, or how much.
We move when he moves.
It was a good reminder this morning that He is Lord of all of it.
Things are changing in this world, more than I ever thought I would see in my lifetime. But we are called to perfect peace, with our hearts and minds stayed on him.
Jerry