Just Tell Everyone “Thank You!”

Dear Worshipers,

That’s what one man struggle to say as tears filled his eyes on Sunday at the close of the service at Harvest Community Church, our Alliance church plant in Martinsburg West, Virginia. He could hardly get the words out, obviously having been touched by the ministry of the Lord through My Utmost for His Highest, our recent worship musical production inspired by the classic devotional by Oswald Chambers. He was not the only one.

“That’s just what we needed!” started another lady about 15 minutes the service had ended. I thanked her for her encouragement then pressed her so as to better understand what she was saying. She continued, “Oh, the music and everything were just excellent, but the message, well, it was just perfect. It met us where we are.” Where they are is in a developing church that is still figuring out what the Alliance is. And we had on opportunity to show them on Sunday.

You see, we are the Alliance, “Living the Call Together.” They saw a powerful illustration of that on Sunday. Thirty eight people, plus those who traveled with us totaling fifty one I believe, were on the road before many of them were awake to travel to where they lived and share a message with them. It was particularly “Give your best for God’s glory”, but generally it was “we are in this thing-that is, living the call to complete the Great Commission-TOGETHER”! Give your best, because that is what we are trying to do. That is why we are here today. We love Jesus and we know you do to, so let us live together to fulfill His call on our lives.

For those of you who went, I do not have to try to describe the blessing of being used by God. For those of you who could not go, thank you for being a part of US. Though not with us in body, we took you in spirit and shared your love with those folks in Martinsburg first hand. We were your ambassadors, and they were blessed by your “sending” us. They were aware that you were probably missing us. They were aware of our glad sacrifice and your. Thanks to every one of you.

And thank you for your continued partnership with me as we live this call here in Morgantown, and listen to God’s voice to lead us down the paths that will give us the greatest opportunities to glorify His name. The next part of that looks like a patriotic musical for us collectively, but for us individually it will look different. I am more excited than I can tell you about what God is doing in our midst. Let us continue to offer ourselves to God entirely, with abandon. Giving our utmost for His highest-our best for His glory. As we do, may there be many more who those tears say, “Just tell everyone thank you!”

In Christ,

Pastor Scott