May 15, 2017

Posted on May 18, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

God’s provision for Israel included a successor for Moses, but everyone involved had to cooperate. Moses was certainly involved, not only laying his hands on Joshua for anointing, as it says here, but training him by letting Joshua assist him in the activities of leading Israel. Joshua was of course involved, submitting himself to Moses. I would imagine the relationship was in many ways like that of Elijah and Elisha. That was described by an officer of King Jehoshaphat as, “He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” (2 Kings 3:11) He had been trained both in faith and in action, in administration and in battle. And then, Israel was involved, willingly following Joshua as they had followed Moses. In some ways I think Joshua had it easier than Moses, because he at least had Moses’ example to follow, while Moses was a total pioneer. The one thing that Joshua failed to do that Moses had done was raise up his own successor, and Israel suffered for it. There were intermittent leaders in the period covered by the Book of Judges, but in general they suffered from a lack of spiritual and national focus. I think that had a lot to do with their demand for a king in the days of Samuel. However, those who demanded a king were thinking only in terms of national focus, rather than spiritual focus. Today America faces the same tension. It won’t be a theocracy until Christ’s return, but it has suffered greatly from national leaders who have failed to keep correct spiritual focus, in all three branches of government.

All of this applies on a personal level to me. By God’s grace I have a “successor in training,” and I am grateful. I need to apply myself to my part in it, imparting to him what the Lord has given me. Over the past 35 years I have had times of pretty diffuse focus myself, and I certainly can’t afford that now. I have done better about spiritual focus than I have with organizational focus, and my successor needs to understand that, correcting my mistakes without abandoning what I have done right. I think the flock is participating in the process pretty well at this point. Everyone involved needs to understand both that he is not the same as me, and that that is a good thing. “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” (1 Peter 4:10) God is in control, and we are to cooperate.

Father, transitions aren’t easy. I’m gradually getting used to not preaching every Sunday, but I need to be active in pursuing what You do have for me to do. I’ve had potential successors before, and I haven’t done very well in training them. I ask for Your wisdom on all levels, so that Your good plans for us all may be fulfilled, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 14, 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 31:12 Assemble the people—men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns—so that they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.

This was one thing the Israelites obviously failed to do, because there were times in the nation’s history that even the king didn’t know what was in the law. (2 Kings 22) One of the founding principles of any legal system is that ignorance of the law is no excuse. Moses knew that, and was doing what he could to prevent such ignorance. Back in those days, so long before the invention of the printing press, written material in general was rare, so Moses mandated mass meetings to let everyone hear. Today, hundreds of years after the invention of the printing press and now with instant and overwhelming electronic communication, it would seem that the situation would be entirely different. However, human hearts haven’t changed, and that is the biggest issue. It does no good to know the law if you aren’t disposed to do it! That’s why Moses spoke of “fearing the Lord.” We can get tied in knots over defining the word, fear, but the point is that we have to recognize God for who He is before we will relate rightly to Him in obedience to all He says. That actually is a factor in civil law enforcement as well. As recent events in the US have shown, simply knowing that the law is going to be enforced drastically cuts down on the number of people violating it. We have such trouble really believing that no one ever “gets away with” violating God’s laws! The better we do understand that, the more we will want to know His laws so that we will gain the benefits of being in line with them.

I certainly can’t claim ignorance of the law, but that doesn’t mean I’m perfect in my obedience. I’m as much in need of God’s grace as anyone. That said, I am in the position of teaching God’s Word to others, so that they too may understand and apply it. I must be careful that I don’t teach others and then ignore the Word myself! That has come out again and again in recent days. I can share God’s Word with people, but I can’t force them to receive it. The old “leading a horse to water” saying is never more true than in my occupation. I am to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 5:14) as well as model it, demonstrating by my life that it is reliable. I must never claim, much less think or feel, that I’ve “arrived,” that I’ve got it all together, (Philippians 3:12-14) but rather walk with people as together we grow into what God intends us to be.

Father, thank You for this further reminder. This theme has come up a lot recently. May I be increasingly effective in communicating Your Word and increasingly faithful in obeying it, so that it may indeed accomplish everything for which You send it, in and through me and my hearers, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 13, 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 30:14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you may obey it.

This statement of Moses is particularly famous among Christians because Paul quoted it. (Romans 10:8) In a sense this describes an ideal situation, because for many people the Word of God is not in their mouth and heart. That is tragic, because then they have nothing on which to base the famous choice set forth in verse 19 between life and death. From Paul on, everyone involved in evangelism has sought to get enough of God’s Word into people to enable them to make that choice of life. The Word is infinitely deep, so we can and should keep going further into it as long as we live, but a surprisingly small portion of it is sufficient to bring someone to saving faith. The kicker, however, is the whole matter of choice and commitment. Even this verse ends with, “so that you may obey it.” It makes no difference to know the truth if we don’t apply it. That’s what James was talking about in his famous statement. “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22) This is also what Jesus was talking about in his famous parable of the two men who built on sand and bedrock. (Matthew 7:24-27) Sometimes people complain that God’s requirements are impossible to meet, but that is never the case. Even in this verse, the Japanese renders the last part as, “You can do these things.” Paul said, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) God never tells us to give something He hasn’t supplied, and He never tells us to do anything He doesn’t enable us to do. As Moses and virtually every prophet after him said, it comes down to our choice, to believe and to obey.

This certainly applies to me, as it does to every human being who has ever lived or will live. God is love, and He created us as an expression of that love. He then doubled down and sent His Son to redeem us, as the ultimate expression of that love. (John 3:16) My calling in life is to communicate that love to as many people as will receive it, but even if I succeed in doing that, it will do me no good if I fail to act on it myself. There have actually been evangelists who were not saved themselves, but people did get saved through their “ministry,” even though they themselves were in it for the money. I must not be like that! I must personally receive and apply every word the Lord speaks through me, not thinking that because I said it, that means I’m doing it. We can be remarkably adept at deceiving ourselves that way. The Word must not just be in my mouth but in my heart as well, to apply it every moment of my life.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your unending, at times overwhelming, grace toward me. Thank You for Your solution to the ultimately minor problem of connecting the new projector to the network. The instructions were there in Japanese but not in English, and my reading ability was not sufficient to pick up on them. Thank You for the patience of the woman at the “Information Center” who walked me through the necessary steps. Thank You for the further degradation of my pride, that I’d like to get rid of completely! Help me live out Your Word more and more completely, so that it may accomplish through me everything for which You send it, (Isaiah 55:10-11) for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 12, 2017

Posted on May 13, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 30:6 The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Some people try to say that the God of the Old Testament is a God of wrath, but this and many other passages speak of His grace and mercy. It is amusing to me that the Japanese for this verse says “cut off and discard the skin that wraps your hearts,” rather than “circumcise your hearts.” Circumcision never having been a part of Japanese culture, the image of circumcising hearts would be completely incomprehensible to most Japanese. What comes across to me, however, is that it is a process that can be very painful at the time (since anesthesia wasn’t invented until thousands of years later) but results in cleansing and greater sensitivity. In some ways the image of cutting off a callus might be easier to relate to, because we let all sorts of things dull our hearts, and they build up over time. God doesn’t hesitate to allow painful circumstances in our lives if they will help us open our eyes and turn to Him. My mother had a prayer that I think showed great insight: “Keep (them, me, whomever) from unnecessary pain.” She recognized that sometimes pain is very valuable, whether it is physical or emotional. We aren’t to seek it, certainly, but neither are we to run from it. There are things God needs to teach us that we can’t learn without pain, but once we have learned them we will be very glad we have done so. (Hebrews 12:11) One goal of spiritual growth is to need fewer and fewer of those painful lessons!

This truth is something the Lord needs to remind me of from time to time as I get tied in knots over painful circumstances. Right now I am in the middle of one such circumstance, having great difficulty getting the church computer to connect wirelessly to our new video projector. It’s particularly painful because I am the “go-to guy” for computer problems for several people, so this is a real blow to my pride. Pride is certainly something I need to have “cut off and discarded!” I need to be quiet enough before to Lord to hear His solution, whether that involves further study on my part or whether it involves calling in someone more experienced in this particular issue. That might not seem particularly spiritual to some people, but pride has always been a stumbling block for me, and I’ve had to “go under the knife” many times for it. I’m not to run away, but thank God for His mercy and grace, allowing Him to change me as He knows I need to, for His glory.

Father, thank You for Your grace and mercy on so many levels. Thank You for what You did yesterday, despite my emotional resistance at the time. Help me flow with Your Spirit today on Your schedule, resting, relaxing, and rejoicing in You just as You have told me, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 11, 2017

Posted on May 13, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 28:2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God.

This list of blessings is well known, and certainly seems attractive. A few of the things are so specifically agrarian that modern city dwellers might not relate to them, but even there the over-all meaning is very clear. That said, we have the stubborn tendency to overlook this verse; all these blessings are conditional. We want to wave a wand or say a few words and have everything turn out the way we want it to be, when God says the answer to blessing is obedience to Him. It is at times amazing how stubbornly we resist that! As John said, God’s commands are not burdensome, (1 John 5:3) but we resist them simply because they are commands. We can’t get it through our heads and hearts that God really is love, (1 John 4:8) which means that all His commands are expressions of love. We don’t like to concede that God’s smart and we aren’t, so we want to plot our own course rather than listen to Him for what He has prepared for us. His plans are always better than ours! When things aren’t turning out well for us, we need to do an attitude check first, and then see where we have failed to listen to God to obey Him. The first place to check is always priorities: what have we placed ahead of God? Any time something gets ahead of God in our heart, even if it’s a very good thing, it becomes an idol, and idolatry never works out well.

Some people assume that with my background, obeying God comes very easily to me. However, the big trap for me is taking God’s blessings for granted. I have spent far too much of my life essentially ignoring God, or perhaps treating Him as an accessory to my life. That has not worked out well! Knowing the Bible well is a good thing, but it does me very little good if I don’t apply it, put it into practice. (James 1:22) Having the Word of God in my head is not the same thing as having it in my heart. (Psalm 119:11) I am greatly blessed, but I desire a more fruitful ministry, seeing more lives changed. The answer isn’t to try to make it happen on my own, but to seek God more, to listen obediently to Him whether what He tells me makes sense to my intellect or not. Pride is the biggest problem, so I’ve got to let go of it more consistently. His plans are always better than mine, so I’d better be listening.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Sorry to keep needing such reminders! Thank You for Your plans for today. I ask for Your anointing as I teach this morning, that my students will be equipped as speech therapists and drawn toward You in the process. I ask Your presence and blessings on the evangelistic meeting I’ll be attending this evening. I pray that there would actually be seekers in attendance, rather than it just being a gathering of Christians. May Your will be done not only in the things that touch me directly but in everything, just as it is in heaven, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 10, 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 26:14 “I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.”

This particular verse seems strange and irrelevant to most Westerners, but that’s not the case in Japan. The phrase that jumped out at me as I read it was, “offered any of it to the dead.” Most Japanese households have a Buddhist altar, and its purpose is very specifically veneration of the dead, which includes offering various foodstuffs. It is considered one of the duties of a good wife to offer a bowl of rice to her husband’s ancestors every day. If you take a gift of fruit or the like to a Japanese family, they are likely to place it on or in front of their Buddhist altar for a while at least, offering it to the ancestors before eating it themselves. Sometimes they forget it, and it has to be thrown out because it’s rotted! The whole matter of veneration of the dead is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture, and is a major stumbling block for Japanese Christians. Graves are of the utmost importance, and families go regularly to clean around them. With cremation, most graves have the ashes of multiple people in them, so each urn has to be identified in writing. Japanese Buddhism has been described, by multiple Japanese people I know, as a “funeral religion,” or “a religion of death.” That thinking has so permeated the culture that most Japanese churches have an annual memorial service to commemorate church members who have died. This illustrates the whole problem of separating faith from culture. In the West the majority of people are cultural Christians, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are saved. In Japan, the majority of people are cultural Buddhists, while at the same time being cultural Shintoists, even though they may have no personal faith in either religion.

This has been a major issue for me all my life, since I was raised by American Christians in Japan. It has bothered me a great deal to go to Buddhist funerals and see people I knew were Christians offering incense to the deceased person. We have a widow in the church who automatically puts food gifts in front of her husband’s picture as soon as they are given to her (though she has disposed of her Buddhist altar). I have had to deal with how much of my faith is cultural, and how much Japanese culture does or doesn’t interfere with following Christ. It’s easy to say that I leave people’s salvation in God’s hands, but I am charged with leading people to salvation and living as Jesus’ disciples, and that puts me squarely in the middle of this issue. I frankly don’t have definitive answers, which keeps me humble. I am to speak the truth in love, not drawing back for fear of being rejected, but also not projecting that I have all the answers. I need to trust the guidance of the Holy Spirit, both in me and in the people to whom I minister.

Father, this is a real headache. Help me rest, relax, and rejoice in You, allowing You to speak Your truth and manifest Your wisdom and love through me, though I certainly can’t do it on my own. May Your truth indeed prevail and set people free, for their salvation and Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 9, 2017

Posted on May 12, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 26:11 And you and the Levites and the aliens among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

Once again we have instructions that giving to God is to be a joyous occasion. It strikes me that this specifies that both the Levites, who were the religious professionals, and the “aliens,” who were the welfare recipients, were to rejoice. After all, they both were to benefit from the offerings that were given. We have trouble getting it through our heads that we give to God by giving to people. Those who receive offerings need to treat them as holy, dedicated to God, but that is their responsibility, not that of the person giving the offering. When we give to God we aren’t to do it carelessly, but neither are we to try to control what is done with it after it is out of our hands. Probably every church has people who try to control how their offerings are used. That is between the recipients and God. A fairly extreme, but not unheard of, example would be someone who wants to control what kind of car the pastor drives. If they have a car and want to give it, that’s one thing, but getting upset over the brand or model the pastor chooses to buy is another. That takes the joy out of it all the way around. We are to rejoice that we are able to give. If we put strings on our gifts, we haven’t really let go of them, and so haven’t really given them.

This is of practical importance to me as a pastor. We do have envelopes for designated offerings, which I don’t think is bad, so long as there aren’t further stipulations. It comes down to an issue of control. If we haven’t relinquished control, then we haven’t really given. There are assorted nuances to that. I remember one time my mother gave a rather valuable vase to be sold in a church bazaar, but when the people setting up the bazaar failed to recognize the value of it and priced it at $10, my mother bought it back. She didn’t want her gift to be wasted! I don’t think that violates what I’ve been talking about, because it wasn’t a matter of the use of whatever funds might have been gained from her gift, but of the valuation of it. Just yesterday I had a call from a man living in a group home for the handicapped, asking about giving to people in need. I told him what has been coming out in the readings recently, that we give to God through giving to people, and he seemed satisfied with that. It is a sign of his spiritual growth that he wants to give, even though his resources are quite limited. For myself, as one who receives offerings, I need to recognize them as holy and use them carefully. But then, I’m to be a careful steward of all the Lord places in my hands.

Father, thank You for what You’ve been saying recently through the readings. Guide me in helping the believers recognize and understand what they’re reading, so that we may grow in understanding and obedience in all areas, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 8, 2017

Posted on May 11, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 20:1 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.

This theme is found throughout the Bible. As has been said, “One plus God is a majority.” However, as Israel’s later history shows, we must not be presumptuous about this. If God hasn’t directed the fight, or if our motives and commitment aren’t pure, then the opposite can happen. Moses himself gave figures of one chasing a thousand and two chasing ten thousand. (Deuteronomy 32:30) I wouldn’t want to be on the losing end of that battle! Moses here says that God will be with us. That is of course the meaning of one of Jesus’ most famous titles, Immanuel. (Matthew 1:23) The thing is, just saying that God is with us doesn’t make it happen. The German Army in both world wars had “God With Us” on their belt buckles. It is important for us to do a heart check to see if we are with Him! If we are on His side, then it doesn’t matter what the odds look like, just as Moses says here.

I did a couple of years in the US Army, but by God’s grace I’ve never been in combat. However, I’ve been in plenty of spiritual battles! I know full well that my enemy is the father of all lies, (John 8:44) so when he tells me the situation is hopeless, I know that victory is assured! His biggest trick is to remind me of my past sins, to make me feel unworthy of God’s protection and blessing. My response must always be that the past is covered by the blood of the Lamb, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus my Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:21) I am to give the Holy Spirit full permission to call my attention to anything of which I need to repent, but once I have done that, I should rest in the assurance that no weapon formed against me will succeed. (Isaiah 54:17) That is not being cocky, it is resting in the peace of God that surpasses human understanding. (Philippians 4:7)

Father, thank You for this reminder. I don’t know what battles I may face today, but you do, I know You, and that’s enough. Help me reject all anxiety and walk in trusting obedience each step of the way, teaching others to do likewise, so that Your name may be acknowledged as holy and Your kingdom come as Your will is done, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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May 7, 2017

Posted on May 11, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

Here we have God’s promise of provision of leadership. The thing is, too often people claim to be one God has raised up when they are not. The standard, expressed in verses 20-22, is both strict and severe: a prophet whose words don’t come true is false, and should be put to death. The difficulty there is that even for genuine prophets, often the fulfillment of their prophecy is many years in the future. Discernment is required in any case. Even the New Testament has many warnings against false prophets. Leadership is necessary, and God does provide all that is necessary, but counterfeits abound. As I have written recently, leadership in the Body of Christ is not something to be taken on without the direction of God. Sometimes even well-intentioned people take on roles God doesn’t intend for them, and they make a mess of things for themselves and others. We have various mistaken ideas in this area. In the first place, you don’t have to be a pastor to serve God. I don’t much like the expression, “full-time Christian service,” because every believer should be serving Christ full time, whatever their occupation. The Japanese equivalent expression is even worse. It translates to “those who have given themselves to God,” but that is certainly something every believer should do! Another misconception is that you have to go to seminary to be a pastor. Bible knowledge is good, and some seminaries are very helpful, but a diploma doesn’t equal the call of God. We must not forget that seminaries didn’t even exist for the first few centuries of the Church. We tend to like such things. There was even something of that sort back in the days of Elijah and Elisha. (2 Kings 2) However, there is no such thing as an academic test that can determine qualification to serve and/or lead in the Body of Christ, despite the existence of such tests in some denominations.

I went to seminary very reluctantly, and became a pastor with equal reluctance. I agreed to pastor a rural church in Virginia only after I got a cassette “letter” from a pastor in Japan, and realized that I needed empathy with pastors of small churches if I was going to minister to those pastors. When I arrived in Omura I didn’t really intend to pastor a congregation, but the Lord arranged that I had a flock that somebody needed to pastor, and I was it. At this point, past the age when a majority of people are retired, I have no objective evaluation of my ministry. The Lord has used me in various ways, and I am grateful, but I haven’t seen major breakthroughs, nor have I done anything to merit stoning. The Lord has given me various prophecies over the years. One of the most specific, which also happened to be medically impossible, was fulfilled in ways that the recipients couldn’t imagine at the time I spoke it. Some others, that seemed much less cryptic, have yet to be fulfilled, so I need to keep my trust in God. I don’t know how He will use me from this point, in leadership or otherwise, but I want to be completely available to Him. I certainly don’t want to take hold of anything He doesn’t intend for me.

Father, this is a continuing issue for me, obviously. Thank You that my qualification is from You. (2 Corinthians 3:6) Help me fulfill all of Your purposes for me, for the blessing of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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May 6, 2017

Posted on May 10, 2017 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 18:1-2 The priests, who are Levites—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the offerings made to the Lord by fire, for that is their inheritance. They shall have no inheritance among their brothers; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.

Because there is no hereditary priesthood under the New Covenant, the whole matter of the support of those who abandon other occupations to serve God and His people becomes somewhat more complicated. Even though Paul himself was largely self-supporting, he still affirmed the principle expressed here, that full time ministers were to be supported by the offerings given to God. (1 Corinthians 9:3-14, 1 Timothy 5:17-18) That said, the motive of the minister must be ministry, to God and to His people. There were people in seminary with me who looked at being a pastor as an easy way to collect a salary! In actual fact, as I have told people many times, this is one job you had better never attempt without instructions from God to do so! Because it doesn’t look like most other jobs, people both in the ministry and out of it often fail to understand it. The focus is on being between God and people, and that has tensions in both directions. Any minister who doesn’t have an active worship and devotional life is headed for ruin. Sadly, such are not unusual. The pastor may not be musical, but not entering the sanctuary until time for the sermon, skipping the praise and worship time, is a total travesty. The pastor should be the chief worshiper! Not having musical skills is no excuse to fail to offer yourself to God and acknowledge Him in the assembly. Likewise, any minister who doesn’t have an active devotional life is deceiving himself and running on empty. The work of the Lord cannot be done apart from the strength and guidance of the Lord, and that must be sought at least daily, before attempting anything else. When someone fulfills those conditions, drawing close to God so that they may assist others in drawing close to Him, then they are worthy of support from the offerings given to God, just as the Levites were.

This is very much a family tradition for me. Not only were my parents missionaries, one grandfather was a pastor and the other a seminary professor and frequent interim pastor. I didn’t grow up with the feeling of “working for a salary,” but rather of serving God and trusting Him for supply. Since arriving in Omura in 1981 I have never received as much from the church I serve as I have given to it in offerings, but God has been more than faithful. Far more than my own livelihood, I am concerned for my assistant pastor, who is likewise a “tent maker.” I am able to teach medical English on the college level, which pays very well, but he has no such specialized skills. I want this church to grow for many reasons, but one of them is so that they can pay him a decent salary! God’s plans are good and I am not to be anxious. When He has provided for me, He will provide for others who serve Him as well.

Father, this is a very practical issue that sometimes doesn’t feel very “spiritual.” Thank You that Jesus talked more about money than He did about heaven! Help me have the attitude You desire about all such things, receiving Your supply and making the use of it that You intend, so that Your name may be acknowledged as holy and Your kingdom come as Your will is done, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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