“May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do this.” I Thessalonians 5: 23-24
This letter from Paul gives us a view of his initial missionary activity and it gives encouragement about how believers should live at that time. He wanted them to know that their entire being would be kept sound because Jesus was faithful about his promises to return. We all may have times in our lives when we do not have the faith to trust in the promises of God, or in our present situations, or in the people that are around us.
Having the faith to trust is something that I, personally, have had challenges with at various times in my life. Once, in October of 1993, one of the insurance companies I worked for took all of their management staff to an outward-bound experience with a company called Pecos River Learning Centers. Pecos River worked with organizations to help train their employees to faithfully function together while doing various tasks.
I was worried about it before I went, and even tried to talk my supervisor out of making me go, which did not work. Those few days took me way out of my comfort zone. One of the activities was to climb up this tall pole, which was at least twenty feet up, and to jump off the pole to hit a bell some distance away, with nothing under neath you. You had to do this by trusting that your teammates would securely hold you up with ropes.
I am deathly afraid of heights and told my teammates this, the day before we were scheduled to do it. I let them know that I did not want to do it. However, because we had some other team building events prior to that, I came to trust in my teammates. I was able to climb the pole and jumped off it----in faith. A team member took this picture of me jumping off the high pole and hitting the bell. It was a wonderful experience for me, and one I will always remember and one I am very grateful for.
On your spiritual pilgrimage please be faithful and believe that God will also keep you safe and sound, when you are asked by the Holy Spirit to take a risk; physically, emotionally, or spiritually! Peace, Vernon T.
Copyright © 2024 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
This letter from Paul gives us a view of his initial missionary activity and it gives encouragement about how believers should live at that time. He wanted them to know that their entire being would be kept sound because Jesus was faithful about his promises to return. We all may have times in our lives when we do not have the faith to trust in the promises of God, or in our present situations, or in the people that are around us.
Having the faith to trust is something that I, personally, have had challenges with at various times in my life. Once, in October of 1993, one of the insurance companies I worked for took all of their management staff to an outward-bound experience with a company called Pecos River Learning Centers. Pecos River worked with organizations to help train their employees to faithfully function together while doing various tasks.
I was worried about it before I went, and even tried to talk my supervisor out of making me go, which did not work. Those few days took me way out of my comfort zone. One of the activities was to climb up this tall pole, which was at least twenty feet up, and to jump off the pole to hit a bell some distance away, with nothing under neath you. You had to do this by trusting that your teammates would securely hold you up with ropes.
I am deathly afraid of heights and told my teammates this, the day before we were scheduled to do it. I let them know that I did not want to do it. However, because we had some other team building events prior to that, I came to trust in my teammates. I was able to climb the pole and jumped off it----in faith. A team member took this picture of me jumping off the high pole and hitting the bell. It was a wonderful experience for me, and one I will always remember and one I am very grateful for.
On your spiritual pilgrimage please be faithful and believe that God will also keep you safe and sound, when you are asked by the Holy Spirit to take a risk; physically, emotionally, or spiritually! Peace, Vernon T.
Copyright © 2024 Vernon T. Jones, All Rights Reserved
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