On the Job Again

It's Monday morning and I am on the job again. Well, really I never left my job. What I really did was vacate my office for 10 days and worked while I toured. I am not sure I really know how to leave on vacation or on a church tour and not be on the job. Once something gets in your heart you can never leave it entirely. So what I really did was take 10 days, went to Israel and now I am back at my desk physically doing what God called me to do which is be a Pastor to the sheep that he has given me oversight of.

The Apostle Paul had a lot of things going on in his life in II Corinthians 11. He spoke of how he had received things such as five times he received 40 stripes less one, three times he was beaten with rods, was once stoned, three times shipwrecked, in perils with robbers, and well...you get the picture. Amid all the things that came on Paul on the outside, he had things working on him on the inside. II Cor 11:28 says that the cares of all the churches worked him so that he could not let them go. Why? Because he loved them and the churches were in his heart.

That is what I mean by not really leaving my job to go on this tour. The care of the church does not leave you. Thinking about people who God puts on your heart, praying for them and staying in touch are all part of who I am. You cannot outrun it and you cannot deny it. One such case is Joe and Lois. They are lovers of Israel and were not able to go due to health issues. While we were in Israel, Jaida and I thought of them. We prayed and sent a message that we missed them and were thinking of them. That is God's way of keeping us connected.

So now I am back in the saddle and enjoying a great week of ministry with VBS. It's great to reconnect with God's family and friends.