Behold- round one… Harvest Church

If you happen to catch one of our Christmas worship times we are calling ‘Behold’, you’ll hear a lot about God and His faithfulness… and as believers, actually experiencing His faithfulness- rather than just talking about it -is always so comforting. Yesterday was the beginning of our eight show mini-tour, and we got to experience just that.

Back in the summer, I had toyed with the idea of a Christmas tour, prayed about it, but was nervous about what that all involved. Shortly after, Trent (keys) came to me and said in jest, ‘you know, we should do a Christmas tour…’ Well that was all the confirmation I needed :). We all got together, prayed about it, and as I began telling people what we were doing, it happened. Synopsis: God gave me a vision, I was nervous about it, God gave me confirmation through another believer, and as I stepped out, He proved faithful… seems easy enough.

Why can’t I do that in other things in life? For me, it’s so easy to let go of the things that I KNOW i can’t control… but when I think I can alter the outcome- honestly, I do everything I can to make it happen. As our pastor says, you can’t sit on your ‘blessed assurance’ and expect God to just drop things in your lap; but one has to be able to have faith and works (with a pure heart) and let God do what He’s gonna do… scripture says in James 2:14-19:

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. ¹⁶ If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.¹⁸ But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

In other words, they go hand in hand… in ALL situations…I know this is a simple truth, but in the simple truths, I find encouragement & comfort.

Yesterday, at Harvest Church, the vision God gave us came to fruition. Everything that He had layed on our hearts- encouragement and times of refreshing with the Christmas story- came to pass yesterday morning… seven more to go! We hope to see you there!