Today’s Scripture: 1 Chronicles 17-21
“But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” – Matthew 19:30
For several years, I was involved in a ministry with cadets at the United States Air Force Academy. Just before graduation, the cadets who were headed for pilot training filled out a “dream sheet” of where they would like to be assigned. Many guys chose a location because of climate and the facilities.
We had three Christian guys involved in our Navigator ministry who requested Del Rio, Texas. A lot of their classmates thought they were crazy. Del Rio was a small town on the Mexican border. It wasn’t close to any major cities, and the climate was mostly hot. These three guys had prayed about it and thought Del Rio would be a good place to minister. We called them the Del Rio trio, and they went there with a heart to witness to their classmates and have an impact for Christ.
I know a church in Pittsburgh with a pastor who challenged the members to pray about how they could have a greater impact on the people in the neighborhoods around their church. Out of that challenge, a number of families actually moved to the lower-income neighborhood in which the church was located, so they could minister more effectively to the people there.
First Chronicles 17:1 says, “After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, ‘Here I am living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.’” Here was a man of great wealth, popularity, and power, asking not what he could do to fill his coffers with more gold or enlarge the borders of his kingdom, but what he could do to serve and honor the Lord.
Prayer
Lord, when I make decisions, help me to go beyond my own interests and consider what You want. Amen.
To Ponder
Does the Great Commission have any effect on your major life decisions?
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