Wolf Creek Baptist Church, Wolf Creek MT

My brother in Christ, Jordan Hall from Sydney commented on my blatant complaining about the Across Montana 2010 campaign.

As I was driving to church this morning, praying about the need for unity with even those who do not seem to reverance God's sovereignty to the same degree that others of us do a reasonable resolution came to mind.

It is not the cry for prayer that aggravates me.

It is not the plea to share the Gospel with the lost, we do that every day.

The problem is the belief that God will act according to our timetable.

Additionally, there is the underlying idea that on that final Sunday our evangelical work will be done.

Only God will bring people into our churches, but we do need to pray desperately for them and bring the Gospel to them.

We are inviting people to church every Sunday.

We are praying every day.

We will join our brothers and sisters in Christ in their depserate prayers for our unsaved neighbors and friends.

We have been there LONG before it was ever announced.

And we will continue to pray for God to act LONG after Across Montana 2010 is over.

We won't video tape it, because we do not seek glory.

We won't program it because that is not how God works.

We will not try to fit God into our timeline, or make Him adhere to our agenda. Not because we don't want to be disappointed, but because we know that our God is far bigger than we can ever understand.

On a single day, Pentecost day as a matter of fact, God saved 3000.

Can there be any doubt that He is able to accomplish whatever He wills?

I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my previous blog entry, it's just that God has spent the last six and 1/2 years helping me to unlearn all of the useless, man centered, Finney based, useless ideas about what being a Christian is and isn't.

1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.

6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has made desolations in the earth.

9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!

11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

This is the God we serve.

Praise, honor and glory to Him alone belong.