What? Not Now!

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 4:10-11)

I read the following this morning via email from Steve Auterburn of New Life Ministries:

Finding a way to help others requires that you ask two questions: "What is God doing?" and "How can I get i nto the flow of his activ­ity?" When we ask these questions, ideas will come. And once we begin doing this, the "why is this happening" question, which once seemed so important, becomes irrelevant. The best answer to why is always what. When we stop asking, "Why has God allowed this?" And begin asking, "What does He want me to do with it?", we're ready for God to start His work in us, and that prepares us for service.

Most times, when the unexpected occurs, we ask, "Why?" As we read here and have often heard, the real question we should ask of God is "What should my response be Lord?" Henry Blackaby, in his small group study "Experiencing God", reminds us that God is always and work around and we would be much better off joining Him at work where He is already working, rather than figuring out what else to do. As we stay in close contact with God, even the unexpected becomes expected! We anticipate tha shock. We are prepared for the surprise. We are equipped to handle to emergency. It doesn't necessarily make things easier in the physical, but spiritually speaking we are better equipped to react and respond.

Look around . . . How can we respond today to allow God to be seen and felt?