Many years ago a pastor friend made this statement, “If you’re testimony of God’s hand in your life is based on what happened a year ago, then you probably need to work on your relationship with the Lord.” At first I thought his comment was pretty harsh, but then as I started to live a life that followed Jesus, I realized what he said was the absolute truth.

Often, sometimes daily, the Lord stretches me in my walk through the business and ministry. Fill that man’s gas tank, give to that person on the street, help others with their websites, teach them how to stream…stretch, trust, believe, have faith for the next step…it seems constant in my life. Do I grow weary at times, absolutely, but I have found He is faithful in the journey.

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Obedience to the Lord can be hard at times, especially when it comes to you money. For whatever reason, it seems I get asked for help at the gas station more than any other place on the planet. I can’t tell you how many cars or gas cans I’ve filled with fuel or how many dollars I’ve given while pumping at any given stop through my travels. It’s become common enough that I don’t even ask a question, I just smile, help and send them on there way with a blessing. Yesterday was no different.

We were on our way home from picking up the new generator for our second unit. We stopped just south of the state line to fill up. As I was about to pump, two young men in their early 20’s asked if I could spare a gallon of fuel. I looked at them ask for their 5 gallon can and filled it. They were very grateful, thanked me as I sent them on the way. Jack looked at me as I reset the pump to fill his truck. I simply stated, “He always does this to me.” He knew I was talking about how the Father uses me from time to time.

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I have yielded my life and everything I hold sacred to the Lord. There is nothing He does not have access to. He has used the desires of my heart to touch the lives of those around me. Through our business we have made many new friends, many more than I ever realized…that was until yesterday when our second team needed help. They had a broken hitch and where 700+ miles from home.

My initial thought was to go and rescue them with my motorhome or my sons truck. Then I felt the Lord tell me to pray. So I did and then asked for prayer on JAMA’s Facebook page…and people started to pray. Instantly…yes, instantly we had help from numerous sources. Phone calls, emails, text and private messages came rolling in…I was overwhelmed by the willingness of people to reach out and help us.

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I have several pastor friends who are going through difficulties right now. None are young, all are great men of God, some are without a pulpit, some are dealing with physical aliments and others congregational situations. I often thought that at some point we would all be in a place where the Lord was finished refining us…that is completely the wrong thought process.

God called Abraham and Moses at a late age. Our society we would consider them ‘retired’, not God. I’m quickly learning He is constantly refining who we are and how He would have us act or react to life regardless of our age. Recently we’ve been through our own set of trials with broken equipment. Our reaction has been adapt, improvise and overcome. No need to figure out ‘who shot Johnny’, other than to understand what happened and how to prevent it in the future if possible.

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I can only hope that on the day I meet our savior He will count me among the 12. If I was to evaluate my current place of service, I believe I’m following in the foot steps of the disciples. Not in the traditional sense as a pastor or minister in a church setting, or even as a missionary, but as a fulltime Christ following representative in the business world. The sacrifices and rewards are the same, it’s just a different environment.

I experienced this type of reward this past week. I was able to help a friend regain control of his ministry domain name that had been lost when it was not renewed. Those actions allowed us to bring his email back on line reconnecting him with his friends and church family. I was only able to do this through my knowledge and understanding of the how domains, hosting and email work. The only reason I understand any of this is because of my calling in the business world by our Father.

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