January 21, 2009

Supernaturally Big!

1 How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble. Psalms 41:1 (NASB)
Does your church have a consideration of the helpless (the poor, needy, troubled, weak, etc.?)
Isn't there a spiritual disconnect when a church says that they care about the poor and then does not even have a consideration of the poor. Jesus told his disciples that they would always have the poor with them (Matt. 26:11.)  
What does it communicate to the community your church is in when churches tell the helpless that we are "just a small church and we really can't help you." What does that say about our God? Doesn't it communicate that we think their problem is too big for God? 
When did government get the task of feeding the poor? Government begins to do so when a "church" quits believing God can do supernaturally big with physically little. (remember the feeding of the crowd with a few fish and loaves of bread?) 
The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest [non-catholic] denomination in the united states. We must ask God to help us not brag about ourselves because what will we say the next time someone in our community comes looking for assistance? "We are just a small church and we really can't help you." 
  • Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is one of the ways we answer the call from the helpless. 
  • the Salt Lake City Baptist Association Concern Center is one of the ways Baptists in the SLC area are able to answer the need
  • How does your church or association answer the call when it comes from the community? Share it here to encourage others to keep on or consider how to stimulate each other on to do good (Heb. 10 :23-25).
How supernaturally big is God? Undefinable (bigger than my thoughts and higher than my ways kind of big); if that is God then surely He's big enough to meet the need of this day


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