Middle Ga. College

IN BLACK AND WHITE
TODAY BY KNIGHT
July 16, 2006
 

Jimmy may have an opportunity to be a dorm director at Middle Georgia College. We want to minister to young people, so we are interested. But I want God to confirm His will for us in a concrete way. Jimmy is to talk with them tomorrow.

The past few years, God honors my need for confirmation by answering major questions through His Word. To not subconsciously find the answer I want, I look wherever I left off in "reading/writing through the Bible" to see what He says. Currently I am in Leviticus, not a likely place to find whether we should move into a college dorm. Nevertheless I seek.

This morning, Andrew Knight, our interim pastor's young protegé who works with Campus Outreach in Minnesota, preached on Luke 10:25-34, The Good Samaritan.

                He [Jesus] said unto him [a lawyer], What is written in the law? how readest thou?

                And he [the lawyer] answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God

                with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength,

                and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

                And he [Jesus] said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and

                thou shalt live.

                But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

                (Luke 10:26-29)

After the early service, Jimmy and I told Andrew about our tentative plans to move onto campus as "dorm parents." He was excited about our potential ministry! I felt he was our confirmation. Andrew said the oldest person he knows who lives in a dorm is sixty-five years old. I told him we are fifty-five. He grinned, indicating that we would be the second oldest.

In the second service, again hearing his sermon--I'm a little slow sometimes--I realized that God had confirmed it to me through Scripture early this morning, in Leviticus!

           But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you,

                and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt:

                I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:34)

College was definitely an "Egypt" experience for me. I would love to have had a mentor living in the dorm during my college days, to set a godly example and love me in my parents' absence.

So, thank You, Father, for confirming Your will for us in black and white today through Andrew Knight.

JULY 17, 2006

Mr. Charles Mullis officially offered Jimmy the job this morning, and he accepted. Thank You, Father, for the KNOWLEDGE that this is within Your will!