By Pastor Bill Flavin| Scripture:Psalm 1
This week we will begin a new message series called “Building a Base: The Core Five of Following Christ. Scripture for the message will be Psalm 1 and the first of the core five is Read Your Bible.
This week we will begin a new message series called “Building a Base: The Core Five of Following Christ. Scripture for the message will be Psalm 1 and the first of the core five is Read Your Bible.
As Abram traveled, his family drew the attention of other nations, as they would pass by and through. Abram felt a tension that we all know well. Do I need to take matters into my own hands or do I wait for God’s guidance on this?
When God steps into Abram’s life he has a big ask and promise for him. God promises to make a great nation out of his family. The ask: leave his lucrative life, pack up what he can travel with and head out that way. No clear sense of his final destination, just pack up, and start moving. Take the next faithful step, trusting that God will reveal the next step on the way to the first one.
Throughout the old testament the Israelites were instructed to set up cities of sanctuary for those fleeing from unjust punishment. Joshua 20 can teach us what it means to care for others and what it means to build our lives for the purpose of serving others.