November 2

Sometimes I think that the disciples are so dull! I think that I would have been saying, 'are you going to do the multiply the loaves thing again!!!!' However, then I think of all the times that God has come through for me and when the chips are down, I myself have doubted that God will come through - again - again. We are cut out of the same chord, me and the disciples. We have short memories, but as they grew and especially as they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, they became different - me too!

Have you noticed that Jesus has used many different methods of healing so far? I don't think that is coincidence. I think we would clone the method and use that method as a formula instead of the power of God. He spit on people and stuck His fingers in ears and told people to go home and it was done. For me, it is about doing the will of the Father. Not just the big "W" will, as in mission, but it is the moment by moment obedience that He requires. Scary but comforting. He wants to lead me moment by moment.