Where your heart is

[paul]

Often times when sharing about the blessings of the Lord in one's life or miistry, it can take various forms.

The greatest of all blessings is that which Christ appropiated for us on the cross. But temporal things here such as Health, Strength, Family, Relationships, Job's are a few. I am sure each of you could add to the list.

Some times these blessings from the Lord can also come in the form of help, be it physical or financial. I am reminded of the scripture ion Like 12:34

I. Christ warns his disciples to take heed of hypocrisy, and of cowardice in professing Christianity and preaching

II. He gives a caution against covetousness,

III. He encourages his disciples to cast all their care upon God, and to live easy in a dependence upon his providence, and exhorts them to make religion their main business

IV. He stirs them up to watchfulness for their Master's coming, from the consideration of the reward of those who are then found faithful,

V. He bids them expect trouble and persecution

VI. He warns the people to observe and improve the day of their opportunities and to make their peace with God in time

Yesterday I had a visit from a Mission board member of a large pentecostal Denomination. They had heard of our work in several countries and was interested in knowing more of what we were doing.

There Organization gives 10% of their mission fund each year out to Missions groups outside there denomination to help futher evangelism and reaching the unreached. No strings attached. Luk 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

My first thought was this is great. But later I began to ponder the event and was overwhelmed. It was not about the financial blessing that looks like a possibility ( He asked me to submit a proposal and also invited me to preach at his local church and committed mission help from his local church as well. But it was about the heart, the heart of an organization that is looking to the fields of harvest, willing to lay up their treasures ( money) in reaching the lost, even thru other organizations instead of building up their coffers

So for me, yesterday I received a real blessing. I truly saw the heart of an organization. Whether we get the grant or not. What a breath of fresh air.