A Word from Pastor Mike: This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday! The start of Holy Week and scriptures show us that people were celebrating JESUS! Multitudes greet Him, shouting “Hosannas” and waving palm branches in their hands, as He enters the city. For this reason, Christian tradition refers to this day as “Palm Sunday”—the day of Jesus’ triumphal entry. Many people CELEBRATE Jesus when it fits their schedule or it is comfortable. Others will call on HIM when they are in financial need or need to be healed physically. People will be all about JESUS and CHURCH when it is popular. But the QUESTION to ask ourselves is: have we truly given all of our lives and TRUST HIM with everything? Do we really believe HE will take care of us and wants the BEST for our lives? Do we realize how much GOD loves each one of us? HE has GREATER THINGS in STORE for all of us and wants us to move forward in HIS destiny for our lives! I am reminded of the following story: From his story we learn the true nature of the faith that saves us. In the nineteenth century the greatest tightrope walker in the world was a man named Charles Blondin. On June 30, 1859, he became the first man in history to walk on a tightrope across Niagara Falls. Over twenty-five thousand people gathered to watch him walk 1,100 feet suspended on a tiny rope 160 feet above the raging waters. He worked without a net or safety harness of any kind. The slightest slip would prove fatal. When he safely reached the Canadian side, the crowd burst into a mighty roar. In the days that followed, he would walk across the Falls many times. Once he walked across on stilts; another time he took a chair and a stove with him and sat down midway across, cooked an omelet, and ate it. Once he carried his manager across riding piggyback. And once he pushed a wheelbarrow across loaded with 350 pounds of cement. On another occasion he asked the cheering spectators if they thought he could push a man across sitting in a wheelbarrow. A mighty roar of approval rose from the crowd. Spying a man cheering loudly, he asked, “Sir, do you think I could safely carry you across in this wheelbarrow?” “Yes, of course.” “Get in,” the Great Blondin replied with a smile. The man refused. That makes it clear, doesn’t it? It’s one thing to believe a man can walk across by himself. It’s another thing to believe he could safely carry you across. But it’s something else entirely to get into the wheelbarrow yourself. It’s not enough to believe that Christ theoretically could save you. Until you “get in the wheelbarrow” and trust all to him, you are not saved. But I have some good news for you. Jesus has carried many people safely across the great divide, and he has never lost anyone yet. You can trust in him! I close with these verses: Joshua 1:9 (NIV) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Blessings, Pastor Mike Teeter
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:08:21 +0000
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