tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25723085.post-1144596678232616532006-01-29T23:26:00.000Z2006-04-09T16:31:18.246+01:00<p align="center"><em>Some Nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.<br /></em><strong>Psalm 20:7</strong></p><p>There are times, as we continue to grow as a fellowship, that I wonder where we will get the resources we need or, far more importantly, the people we need to see effective ministries continue to develop. As a leadership at Gorsley, we really sense God's blessing on the church at this time in so many areas (always mindful that improvements can be made.) With the lengthening of the cords of ministry there has also got to be strengthening and under-girding of areas of responsibility and that is what I am often concerned about. However, just as we seem stretched and are growing in one particular area of opportunity and become somewhat vulnerable the Lord brings in or shows us the exact people we need to develop things.</p><p>I often pray as I cross the car park, coming to church and leaving it. During the past week I had been at a team meeting where I sensed the Lord was stretching us and sensed that I needed to be reassured that He was in the process. My reading that night was Psalm 20:7 where David was expressing, from many years of having to trust God in some very tough situations, where his confidence lay. In his statement he was saying that it didn't lie in the strength afforded him by his position but in his trust in God!</p><p>I sense that God is saying that we need to keep our eyes on Him and that will continue to mean that we need to walk by faith and not sight - and as we do this we will see in an amazing way what He can do! Even though our faith might not be gigantic, God is! Our trust and faith in God is very much like our muscles - the more we use them the stronger they get. It's like God is saying to David, “you need to get out of your chariot and step up into mine - and hold on because it's going to be a great ride!”</p>John Lewis - Gorsley Chapelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00657989495797534537noreply@blogger.com