The first Sunday of November–time to adjust the clocks (Fall Back, Spring Forward). This is the good time change, or at least it is the easier time change for my body. For me, changing the clock marks the seasonal transition. Summer is really over, fall has arrived.
I like to look back and evaluate where God has led me. It is my first step toward looking forward to where God is leading. This has been a busy fall. Over the past twelve Sundays, I have been worshipped with 14 different congregations of God’s family in four countries. I have been blessed with multiplied opportunities to teach and preach–on Sundays and also during the week with seminars and special studies. I do not remember a time in my life when I have done more teaching and preaching on a regular basis.
This weekend, I am at home with the Iglesia de Cristo de Park Plaza. Pedro Sanchez from Chile is here; he and I are working together in the seminar to develop stronger churches with effective teachers and leaders. God is at work among his people around the world. Ours is to hear his word, understand his will, and answer his call in our own personal lives.
I hope your time with God’s family today provides for you those three things: classes and sermons focused on hearing the Word that God has for you today, a clear understanding of how the will of God can be part of our life this week, and a heart set on responding to his love and answering his call in your own life.