Have Bible, Will Travel

February 4th, 2008 |

I was tired. I wasn’t just saying it. I was feeling it. The 3 ½ hour round trip to the church where I was preaching a revival was beginning to take its toll. I had driven it for three days already and the last night was looming before me. The revival was going great. The church was packed each night, the congregation was attentive, the pastor was eager to see the movement of God, and the altar had been full of folks during the invitations. However, I was tired. I was not complaining, but pondering COULD I continue to do these types of things? More importantly, SHOULD I continue to accept them occasionally? It was in the midst of weighing all of this when all heaven broke loose. That Wednesday night I preached from Exodus 17 concerning Aaron and Hur holding up the hands of Moses during the battle with the Amalekites. If you remember the story, Israel has been attacked and the Lord sends Moses up on the hill with the rod of God in his hand. When the army of Israel sees the rod they push forward, but as Moses tires and lowers the rod, the enemy gets the upper hand. This is when Aaron and Hur go up and help Moses out by standing on either side of him. They hold his hands up and the Bible says that “they were steady until the going down of the sun”. That night as I gave the invitation, the aisles were full of peopling coming to let their young pastor know that they loved him and were going to help hold his hands up. Many even came to me, thanking me for coming their way. It goes without saying that I left that night renewed and recommitted to being a mouthpiece for the Lord whenever and wherever He wanted. I know that my full time responsibility is to DeSoto Hills and I do not take that lightly. However, from time to time I will be gone from you in order to help encourage others. I hope my being here most of the time, is worth me being gone some of the time. Thanks for the support and encouragement for your “old pastor”!

Have Bible, will Travel,

Bro. James