God Cares for Us

Scripture:
"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Luke 6:38)

Lately I have been preparing to go on vacation in Spain to do 2 weeks of evangelism in the villages of Andalucia. I have been saving and planning, in addition to praying and seeking God's will. Now this all probably seems both logical and correct, but even as I write this blog, my heart is unsettled. We are all very, very blessed by how God is using Avery Dennison to care for our needs and I know we all thank God often for our jobs. Yet, I have to look at my own life and ask, what about those that don't have. In particular I think about my two missionary friends who gave their lives to go to Spain to reach the lost. At the same time, the world economy is making it harder and harder for them financially and they tell me how they are always encouraged as they see God move in the lives the people they work with.

The Scriptures tell us that we were bought with a price and we are not our own (1 Corinthians 6:20) and it is so evident to me, that these missionaries who give their lives to serve our Lord in places that demonstrate how much they love Jesus and how much they have learned how to love the Lost. They don't trust in man, they trust in God. In Jeremiah it says that "cursed is the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth." (Jeremiah 17:5)

Right now, let the Holy Spirit of God move in your heart. Lift your hands right now, if you can, and ask God to fill you with the understanding that these missionaries have as they love the lost and are willing to say "Yes", to the call of God and sacrifice the very things that we enjoy and even take for granted. Receive what the Holy Spirit wants has for you, today.

Request:
Pray for Johannie and Patricia who are missionaries in the town of Ecija, Spain and for Luis and Lucy who serve he Lord in the town of Puente-Genil, Spain. Both of these missionary families live on about only $500 a month. (This is primarily because the US dollar is doing so badly in the worlds economy and they need at least twice that and they are both starting to do some "tent making" to care for their families.) I don't have an extra $1000 a month in my budget to help them though I do what I can. Please pray that God will meet their financial needs so that they can continue to preach the gospel to the thousands in their town and the thousands in the surrounding villages that do not know the living Savior that we know.

Prayer:
Thank you Jesus for caring for us and speak to us to help us understand the love that these missionaries have for the lost. Savior, send these missionaries more money to meet their financial needs. They have given up their lives to tell the lost, in southern Spain, about Jesus. Send them the money they need so that they can continue to preach the Word in their towns and not lose anytime "tent making". For your Glory Lord. Amen