Front Page Sunday 29th October 2006

2 Corinthians 5:7 tells us to “Walk by Faith, not by Sight”. As I thought about that my mind turned to the miraculous, the unexplainable things where we see God’s hand being involved in our circumstances. Those outside of the church often refer to those things as ‘coincidences’. To me that exemplifies the difference between walking (living) by faith or by sight. By faith we can believe for the miraculous, our faith as the writer of Hebrews says is “being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” Walking by sight leaves God out of the equation and relies on man (ourselves) to provide what we need.
Next Sunday we are calling for all Christians to come together to pray for rain. In Victory Park (aptly named for this occasion) at 1pm next Sunday, Christians from at least four Christian Churches will be gathering to pray for God to miraculously break the drought that is gripping our country. It’s a faith step, we will probably see blue skies, with not a cloud in sight if the current weather pattern continues, but we will be going there believing in black clouds, clouds that will drench our dry land with rain. Rain that will fill our tanks, dams and reservoirs. Rain that will bring relief to our farmers. Rain that will refresh our land.
Will you join with us, do you have the faith to believe that God can change blue skies to black clouds? Come along next week, bring a lunch after church and don’t forget “bring an umbrella”
God Bless
Blair