November 14, 2016

Posted on November 15, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 16:10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

This is a very momentous verse in Acts, because it is the first time Luke uses the 1st person plural pronoun, “we.” In other words, it was at this point that Luke joined Paul in his ministry. Luke steadfastly declines to write about himself, focusing rather on what God did, especially through Paul. Many scholars have noted that Luke was a very careful, precise writer, which seems appropriate when he was a doctor. (Colossians 4:14) (In a side note, it is interesting that it was long thought Luke used the wrong title for Galio in Acts 18:12, but several years ago archaeologists found a cornerstone in Corinth with Galio’s name and exactly the title Luke used.) Luke didn’t want to use his own name as he wrote, but he wanted to make it clear when he was a direct participant/observer in what was going on. That attitude helps us understand why Paul called him “beloved” (the NIV just says, “dear friend”). We don’t know if he was a believer before he met up with Paul in Troas, but at the very least his faith was very strong, causing him to go through real hardship and danger as he traveled with Paul, apparently for the rest of his life. We have no idea what happened to him after they arrived in Rome in Acts 28, other than the fact that he used the time while Paul was in prison to write Acts. (The Gospel that bears his name was quite possibly written while Paul was in prison in Caesarea.) He was clearly, even extremely, aware of the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. We owe him a great deal, because Acts ties together the earthly ministry of Jesus and the letters that make up the rest of the New Testament. Our theology and even our faith would have gaping holes without what Luke was faithful to record as God directed.

In all honesty I’ve never really thought that much about Luke, though I’ve known all the facts I just mentioned. The Lord has given me a gift for words as well, though I certainly haven’t used it as powerfully as Luke did. I have started on a memoir, but haven’t worked on it in many months. I need to get back to that, so that others may have reason to praise God for His faithfulness to me and to those around me. I need to be as careful with the facts as Luke was, not inflating anything and doing all I can to keep the focus on God. He has been incredibly gracious to me, and He deserves all the glory.

Father, I certainly didn’t expect this when I sat down to read and pray this morning! Help me be faithful with all that You have placed in me, just as Luke was, so that all of Your purposes for me may be fulfilled, on Your schedule and for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 13, 2016

Posted on November 14, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

The more I think about this the more it blows my mind. That’s because I’ve been to seminary and had formal ordination and have been in ministry for over 35 years since. I guess it comes down to trusting Jesus with His Church. The new disciples in these towns had been believers only a matter of months, and here they were being appointed as elders! In his letters to Timothy and Titus Paul gives several guidelines for choosing such people, but still the process wouldn’t pass muster in practically any denomination today. We make it so hard to serve God! The key is in the last part of this verse: “They committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed/trusted.” They had no means of follow up other than letters or physically going to see them, but they knew that God had no such limitations. We get in knots over churches and people because we think we are in charge. I think a major reason God allows some problems is to teach us we aren’t in charge! A major factor in the growth of the early Church was that they weren’t tied down by bureaucracy. They knew they were powerless but God was omnipotent, and that was OK. I think the Church today would be far better off if we really trusted the Lord in whom we say we believe.

This is of course extremely applicable to me. I had the privilege of ordaining an assistant pastor about two months ago, but I’ve been moving fairly slowly with him since. I did trust him to preach the four Sundays I was gone, but that’s about it. I’m not retiring or leaving any time soon (that I know of) so the question arises as to what his position, and mine, really are. We need to seek God, individually and together, and be obedient to what He shows us. A missionary friend is holding a “succession ceremony” today, though he himself won’t be leaving the country at this point. Tomorrow I will be driving about two hours to baptize someone who will then have very little support network (though he does call me frequently). All of these things make me examine myself as to how well I really trust God with His children. I am not to be irresponsible, avoiding work He wants me to do, but I’ve got to remember it’s ultimately not up to me.

Father, this raises at least as many questions as it answers. Help me hear You clearly and obey You faithfully. Keep me from running away from anything, but also keep me from getting over-comfortable in my routines. May I trust You enough to get out of Your way, so that Your Name may be hallowed and Your kingdom come as Your will is done, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 12, 2016

Posted on November 14, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 13:4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

This was the start of what are called Paul’s missionary journeys. One striking characteristic of how Luke records them, and indeed all of Acts, is how frequently the Holy Spirit is mentioned as guiding or directing things. For some people today that seems highly improbable, or unlikely at best, but they are simply going on the basis of their own experience. For others, likewise on the basis of their own experience, it seems totally normal. So what’s the difference? To hear and receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit there needs to be a prior commitment to obedience. He isn’t going to give you guidance He knows you aren’t going to follow! Sometimes His guidance takes the form of specific prophecy. That might seem easy to follow, but I have seen people make major mistakes that way, either because they missed the timing of what was said or because the “prophet” was actually speaking their own thoughts rather than the heart of God. Directive prophecy must always be prayed over and confirmed. More often, the Holy Spirit will open doors of opportunity. There too discernment is called for, because the devil loves to dress up his temptations as doors of opportunity. Sometimes we miss the genuine guidance of the Holy Spirit because we either are afraid to go through the door He has opened or we think we aren’t worthy, it’s “too good.” In both cases the problem is that our focus is on ourselves rather than on Jesus. We are never “worthy” apart from the grace of God, and He will always provide and protect in the path He has for us. In my experience, the Holy Spirit most often guides simply through an impression, which can grow to a conviction, a “knowing,” of what He wants us to do. Sometimes that might fit in the category of a “word of wisdom,” as Paul mentions in talking about the grace gifts of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:7-11) The point is, if we expect the Holy Spirit to guide us and are committed to following His guidance, we will find our paths are straight indeed. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

I have experienced the Holy Spirit’s guidance many times, but I can’t say I’ve always been listening. I can say that when I have listened obediently it’s always turned out well in the long run, whatever it has looked like in the short run. One thing the Lord has used to train me in listening has been lane changes when driving. That seems utterly inconsequential, and often it is, but it is remarkable how smoothly I get through traffic when I’m listening rather than trying to figure things out on my own. The value of that as a training tool is that the consequences are so minor if I slip up, but it still teaches me to seek Him rather than depend on myself. I’m happy to say that I’ve gotten better at listening over the years, but I’ve still got plenty of room to grow!

Father, thank You for Your guidance. I deal with so many people who say they want Your guidance but are so full of themselves they can’t hear what You’re saying to them. I ask for grace and patience to keep speaking Your truth to them in love so that it may break through and set them free from the the traps of the enemy. May we all hear You obediently so that Your will may be done right here, even as it is in heaven, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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November 11, 2016

Posted on November 13, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 12:14-16 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
“You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

This is one of the most miraculous, and at the same time one of the funniest, stories in the Bible. What God did to get Peter out of prison is the stuff of fantasy. Even Peter didn’t believe it while it was happening to him! Then, we have the scene here. From our current perspective it seems downright hilarious, but I doubt very much we would have done any better than the people at the prayer meeting had we been in their place. In their defense, James the brother of John had recently been executed, and they had every reason to think Peter would be next. Even so, they were praying earnestly, just as Jesus had said, (Luke 18:1-8) even though they couldn’t imagine how God might answer their prayers. That’s something we need to emulate! We have a strong tendency to formulate scenarios in our minds and ask God to fulfill them. We aren’t God’s movie director! We are to pray earnestly, just as these believers did, but at the same time leave the whole matter in God’s hands for Him to do what He knows is best. His best for James was martyrdom!

I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to this sort of thing. I know in my mind that “God’s ways are higher than my ways, and His thoughts than my thoughts,” (Isaiah 55:8-9) but I still try to tell Him what to do! This is part of the whole paradox of prayer. It makes no sense that the Creator of the universe would listen to life forms on an insignificant planet in an unremarkable solar system in a mediocre galaxy, but He does. Why is a total mystery, except that He is love itself, (1 John 4:8) and He delights to express Himself in this way. I am not to try to figure Him out, because I can’t, but I am to accept what He has revealed of Himself through the Bible and trust that He will always be true to Himself, and thus to me. I am to pray persistently and in faith, without insisting on how He is to answer.

Father, thank You for this reminder. There are several things facing us right how that we don’t know how You will resolve. Help us be faithful on every level, so that Your will may be done on Your schedule in Your way for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 10, 2016

Posted on November 13, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

We have very little grasp of how imperfect the various characters of history, and even the Bible, were. We idolize and idealize them, when they were just as human as we are. The only human being ever to be without sin was Jesus, so we need to adjust our perspective. We think of the believers in the Early Church as superhuman, since they accomplished so much and endured so much, but I’m sure it didn’t feel that way to them. Life “on the ground” is always messy, but God uses even our weaknesses for His glory. (2 Corinthians 12:9) We have trouble grasping how prejudiced the leadership in particular of the Jerusalem Church really was. Even Peter required the dramatic events of Acts 10 before he could understand that God loves every­one and invites all to be saved, and these people in Jerusalem were no different. We tend to be horrified when we learn of Martin Luther’s antisemitism, but that is only the flip side of these people. God is always bigger than we are, but that is why He can use us in spite of our weaknesses. We tend to disbelieve that God could use us, or others, because of the imperfections that seem so big to us, but that is seeing human imperfections as bigger or stronger than God. God can and does use very imperfect vessels to accomplish His will for His glory, because that’s what He’s got to work with! Paul rightly called us clay pots, filled with the glory of God. (2 Corinthians 4:7) If the early believers, and early churches, had been perfect, then most of the New Testament would never have been written, because the letters were both to encourage and correct.

This is something I deal with constantly as a pastor. I deal with my own faults and failures, and I deal with those of others. I find that one of my most frequent admonitions is for people to take their eyes off of themselves and fix them on Jesus. (Hebrews 12:2) Anyone who will do that will discover that they are doing things impossible for themselves, because God will be manifesting His power through their weakness. We are not limited by our past if we will abide in Christ. That is one of the most magnificent truths of the Gospel. (2 Corinthians 5:17) I’ve got to remember that about myself and about those I deal with. Their past or even current failures don’t dictate their future! God’s plans are indeed to give us hope and a future, (Jeremiah 29:11) and I must never forget that.

Father, thank You for this Word. Thank You for what You have done in the past 24 hours or so in America, blocking those who would exclude You from public life. Donald Trump is manifestly someone with flaws and a less-than-admirable track record in a number of ways, but he is learning humility. That is very hopeful! I pray Your grace and blessings on him and on the nation. I pray the same for this church. Our difficulties seem trivial compared to those of America, but You care about them nonetheless. Help me trust You for the answers even before I see those answers, resting, relaxing, and rejoicing in You, so that Your purposes may be accomplished in and through me, in and through this church, on Your schedule and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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November 9, 2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.”

This was the moment when Peter really understood the vision he had on the rooftop a few days earlier. (Acts 10:9-16) He had understood it enough to accompany the Gentiles who had come to get him, but it wasn’t until he arrived and heard Cornelius’ invitation to tell them the things of God that it really got all the way through to him. We can be amazingly dense at times, but God loves and uses us anyway! I am reminded of Benjamin Berger, who had a direct visitation from the Lord (though it was audible but not visual) to let him know personally that Jesus is the Messiah, but it still took him a year before he had the courage, as a Jew, to receive baptism. Even so, he has been mightily used by God in the years since. Reading the Bible today we might think, “Well, duh,” about some of the things people were slow to accept at the time, but we have the advantage of many centuries of perspective. We aren’t really any more perceptive than they were. That’s why God often teaches us the same lessons again and again, to deepen our understanding. We might think we’ve got it down, but God knows better! The thing is, God will do whatever is necessary to teach us what He wants us to know, so the more sensitive and yielded to Him we are, the sooner and more easily we can get on to the next lesson.

I am reminded of this truth from time to time as I recognize review lessons for what they are. Spoken lessons of that sort are fine, but sometimes object lessons can be painful! I would like to grasp each lesson fully the first time, but looking at the Biblical record I have to be satisfied with things as they are, not accusing myself too much for being dense. I also need to remember this as a pastor and teacher, exercising the patience toward others that God shows to me. I have failed to do that more times than I like to think about. I’m giving a special examination to some nursing students tomorrow who failed to show sufficient mastery of the material before. I am not to give them results they haven’t learned, but I am also not to put them down because they took longer to learn it. I need to respond to the people in this church the same way, speaking the truth in love as many times as necessary, growing along with them as we all draw closer to Christ.

Father, this time this morning is an illustration of what I have just written! This is not new truth to me, but I don’t walk in it with sufficient consistency. Help me be a “doer of your Word” (James 1:22) more and more and better and better, so that I may participate fully in Your plans for me, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 8, 2016

Posted on November 9, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 10:33 “Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

What preacher wouldn’t love to hear this! This would really “pull the preach” out of anyone! And sure enough, reading to the end of the chapter shows us that Peter couldn’t even finish his remarks before the people hearing started responding fully to the work of the Holy Spirit. Hearing ears and hearts are so important! I’ve done pre-wedding marriage counseling for the past four days in a row, and this is something I always talk about in terms of husband/wife communication. One partner can be expressing their heart and the other not really hearing at all. That’s the sort of thing that can lead to divorce. The thing is, God is always ready to listen to us, but too often we aren’t ready to listen to Him. In the first place, many people can’t seem to grasp that God would really talk to them. We tend to make that all mystical, stuff for saints and gurus and the like. We forget that as parents, we don’t limit talking to our children to when they are being good. If anything, we might talk to them a bit more when they aren’t (or at least more strongly). God speaks to us in many ways. Because of our differences in personality and the like, some people are more likely to hear Him one way and some another way. The two Josephs who feature prominently in the Bible, one in Genesis and the other the husband of Mary the mother of Jesus, both heard from the Lord frequently through dreams. I have a pastor friend like that, and my wife has had quite a few dreams from the Lord. However, I can hardly remember any dreams that I knew were from the Lord. On the other hand, I feel like the Lord talks to me daily as I read and meditate on the Bible. I have been involved in prophecy, both giving and receiving it, when the Lord speaks clearly through a human vessel. (Actually, true preaching should be this way, just as it was when Peter spoke to Cornelius’ household.) That can be the easiest to understand, but those hearing must accept it as the Word of the Lord or it isn’t very effective. The risk here is that not all who claim to speak for the Lord really do, and even those who do sometimes aren’t necessarily consistent. God can speak through donkeys, even, but that doesn’t mean we should hold church in the barn! The lesson is, we are to have our hearts turned and tuned to the Lord so that we can recognize and receive whatever He says to us, however He chooses to do it.

As a pastor/teacher this is a major issue in my life. Not only do I seek to hear from the Lord myself, I am often used to speak His Word to others in various ways. Their receptivity is all over the map! Sometimes I am aware that I am speaking for God and sometimes I’m not, but He’s using me anyway. It’s always fun when I discover that’s happened! It is joyous when people receive gladly what the Lord says through me, just as it was for Peter in today’s story, but it can be heartbreaking when people steadfastly refuse to listen. Jeremiah and other Old Testament prophets experienced this, and just about everyone in the New testament did, from Jesus on down. I am not to take it personally when it happens to me, but rather pray God’s grace and mercy for my hearers. I am not to decline to speak because I have prejudged my hearers, but rather be faithful to speak whenever and whatever the Lord says to, without interjecting my thoughts on my schedule. I’ve made some real blunders doing that! It all comes down to being open and available to the flow of the Holy Spirit through me, because only then is God’s will accomplished.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Help me indeed speak what You are saying, as well as hear and obey what You are saying, so that Your will may be done in and through me consistently, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 7, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 10:15 The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

This particular incident was God telling Peter that the door of salvation was open to the Gentiles, which was a huge stretch for any Jew of the day. As I read it just now, however, the image that came to mind was Donald Trump. To be quite honest and blunt, he is a person I have disliked, even despised, for as long as I’ve known about him. I don’t care for “reality TV” to begin with, and his personality and lifestyle to this point have had nothing attractive to me about them. That said, I have become a reluctant Trump supporter, and not just because his opposition fills me with dread about the future of the nation. I have read several reports from different sources recently about his desire to do what is right from this point, and his platform and stated goals are certainly admirable. He is a deeply flawed individual, but the thing is, so is every human being alive. He has surrounded himself with admirable people, and for someone in public leadership, that counts for a lot. As several people have said, the presidency is not just a single individual but a whole team. We have seen the effects of that for the past eight years, certainly, with a whole cadre of people who seem intent on destroying the nation from within. The choice could hardly be more stark at this point.

There is no question that I have never been as emotionally involved in an election as I am at this point. On our recent trip to the US I was able to vote in person for the first time in many, many years, and it was an interesting experience. The past year and a half have been quite a lesson in trust, in letting God be God. Trump was far from my first choice of candidates, but I have come around to the place of believing He is indeed God’s choice for this time. He is a clear metaphor for the nation as a whole, faults and all. God is in the business of cleansing and redeeming. He can do it for Donald Trump, and He can do it for America. I am to pray for the believers of America to wake up to the choices before them and their opportunity and responsibility to participate in the process. It is clear that at this point America does not have a majority of people who place God first in their lives, but it is not devoid of believers. I am to pray that the believers would exercise the authority given them in Christ, to pray, to act, and to proclaim the kingdom of God, so that America would experience a revival to eclipse all past revivals and cause God’s name alone to be honored as holy.

Father, this has been a very educational time for me. I pray that many more would have learned what You have been trying to teach us. I do pray that every one of Your children with the right to vote in America would exercise that right, giving America the chance for the course correction that is so desperately needed. Economics are on the mind of many, but material things are trivial compared to many of the other issues. I pray that Donald Trump, and all of America, would turn to You in genuine repentance on all levels, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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November 6, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 9:34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and tidy up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up.

Peter’s focus was on Jesus, first and last and in the middle. We get all caught up in the situation and in ourselves, but Peter had gotten over that. He knew that he could do nothing good on his own, but that Jesus could do anything at all through him. We would do well to learn from his example! From Pentecost on, Peter acquired quite a reputation as someone who did things he shouldn’t have been able to do, from speaking boldly and skillfully before the Sanhedrin (Acts 4:8-14) to performing assorted miracles. The thing is, he had been self-confident up through the Garden of Gethsemane, even taking a wild swing with a sword to try to defend Jesus, but his failure in denying Jesus three times right after that knocked all of that out of him. Our failures can be marvelous blessings from God, if they teach us to rely totally on Him instead of on ourselves. It doesn’t matter how talented, gifted, or whatever else we are, we can’t do God’s work in our own strength, period. Thinking we can do it, at least a little, is a major hindrance to being used by God. Jesus was actually very clear on that point. (John 15:5) The other side of that is having faith that God can use us. Too often, if we get it through our heads that we can’t do it ourselves, we think that we are hopeless even for God to use. That’s still focusing on ourselves! It is almost an over-used example, but if God could use a donkey to speak to Balaam, He can use us however He likes! (Numbers 22:21-33) Peter knew this, which is why God was able to use him so effectively.

This has been an issue for me all my life. The Lord has blessed me with a wide variety of abilities, and I don’t recall my parents ever saying to me, “That’s beyond you. Give it up.” As a result, I have tended to be cocky and conceited, even while nursing inferiority complexes about such things as sports. That can be amusing to watch in someone else, if a bit on the insufferable side, but it is a serious liability when it comes to being a servant of God. I am not to ignore or denigrate the things God has placed in me, but at the same time I must never think that those things are sufficient to do anything right apart from Him. The fact that I have labored for 35 years here in Omura with so little to show for it should be ample evidence of that! The thing is, God is not limited by my past performance, and I’ve got to remember that. He’s given me a message for this morning on operating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. I can no more impart that to anyone on my own than I can turn myself into a turnip. However, God is more than able to use even me to open people’s hearts to His Spirit so that He may cleanse, heal, and empower them. My job this morning is to listen obediently to Him and try to stay out of His way.

Father, help me expect great things of You without trying to dictate how You are going to work. I tend to build scenarios in my mind and then try to make them happen. Protect me from that. Help me be a fully willing, available instrument in Your hands, so that You may do exactly what You desire in and through me, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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November 5, 2016

Posted on November 7, 2016 by jgarrott

Acts 9:4-5 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

This famous story of Saul’s “Damascus Road Experience” has a great deal to think about and learn from. What strikes me most at the moment is the way Jesus identified Himself so strongly with the Church. We forget that calling the Church the Body of Christ is more than just a figure of speech. Being told this by Jesus is probably why Paul used the figure of a body so much, in 1 Corinthians 12 and elsewhere. There are many, many implications to this. We need to realize that Jesus lives and acts through the Church, and by extension, through local churches and individual believers. The Roman Catholics have codified this, but there are many dangers to that. In the first place, setting up a human organization instantly sets up a barrier to responsiveness to the Holy Spirit. Then, that organization establishes a hierarchy of who is important and who isn’t, and that generally ignores God’s opinion completely. When Jesus said that Saul was persecuting Him, He wasn’t talking about an organization, but about an organism. As Paul later stressed, we are related to one another the same way the different organs in our bodies are related, and are just as important to one another. (Sometimes I wonder if I’m analogous to an appendix!) With this established, we understand that not only are those who persecute the Church persecuting Christ, those who honor the Church are honoring Christ. We aren’t to worship human institutions, certainly, but we disrespect the Church, and even local churches, to our peril.

I use this terminology fairly frequently, especially in interdenominational settings, but that doesn’t mean I necessarily grasp it fully. I need to remember it more consistently and let it shape how I relate to this local church. I’m the pastor, but I’m not the church! I am to ask and to expect Jesus to build His Church, just as He said. (Matthew 16:18) I am to remember that I am never the final authority, He is. That’s not to say that I’m to run from responsibility, but rather that I am to seek His will, His plan at every turn. I’m not to be paranoid about that either, but trust Him to make Himself as clear as necessary to me, and to the church as a whole. I am to trust and expect Him to provide for His body, while holding nothing back myself. I am to expect, with joyful anticipation, that He will manifest Himself through us, for His glory.

Father, thank You for this very encouraging Word. Help me communicate it to others as You give opportunity. Thank You for the opportunity I’ve just been given to speak at the interdenominational prayer breakfast on the 16th. May I indeed be Your agent in building up the Body of Christ, not just then but all the time, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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