Here Comes Trouble

One year I was out in my back yard and it was the time of year where there were a lots of bumble bees on the flowers. I don’t remember what I was doing but at some point I knelt down to work on something. Suddenly I had a very uncomfortable sensation in my knee. I was being stung! I had knelt down with my knee covering up a bumble bee nest. Most of the time bumblebees are no trouble. Even their nests don’t really bother very much, unlike the yellow jackets who are evil and must be destroyed when discovered. But when I knelt on it the bee did what it is supposed to do when under attack and it stung me.

 Things are gearing up for the 2016/17 ministry season and I am excited to see where God will take us this year! But I also want to be ready for trouble, but it too is surely on the way. If we were doing nothing and not being effective, then the evil one would probably leave us alone. However, whenever Christians start doing things and start impacting their world, the evil one wants to make trouble.

We don’t need to run in fear, or be paralyzed into inaction. Rather we need to continue doing exactly what we are doing, with one small adjustment. Let’s be ready. Ready because the evil one will want to attack us. He will attack our relationships. He will attack us with distractions and drama. He will even try to tempt us into sin in order to stop the good things that we as a church are accomplishing.

 Be encouraged. We are not powerless, and that same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in us! Lets not give a foothold or any opportunity for the evil one to work! Lets be ready because here comes trouble.

 See you at church,

 Pastor Chris