As we jump back over to Acts for a day to see the big meeting in Jerusalem I saw somehting that was really interesting. When Paul and Barnabas set off to revisit all of the Churches they have helped start, Barnabas wants to being John Mark, but Paul doesn't want him for last time John Mark came he ditched them when it got hard. They disagree to the extent that they can't even go together anymore. Paul took Silas and went to Syria and Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus. Out of this argument, God is proclaimed in twice as many places. Barnabas was ready to get out of Paul's shadow and God used a negative situation for his kindom and his glory.
A few weeks ago I applied to the Business school and found out that my appeal was denied. I was dissappointed but knew the Lord had something better for me. On tuesday, I stayed after class with my religion professor who is THE most incredible Christian scholar I have ever met (DTS masters, help found College of Biblical Studies, teaches religion and ethics classes at two colleges in Houston, and is finishing his dissertation for his PhD in Philosophy at A&M). Anyways he asked me to walk with him back to his office and at the end of our conversation he invtied me to coffee with him this morning. I can not believe what an opportunity this is for me to learn from someone like him. AND I would HAVE NEVER got the chance to meet him if I was in the business school. Praise God for making good things happen from what looks like a negative sittuation.
That's awesome Cameron. I hope he teaches you so much. We can all relate to this. When something doesn't go our way, but then God just turns something negative into something positive. Last Friday, I played in my first tennis tournament of the season. I made it to the finals against a senior, and lost it all. I was so dissappointed in myself to the point where I didn't even want to play anymore. Then I realized, God wanted me to lose this to teach me something. I learned that I really just need to trust God because I know that he has planned an amazing life ahead of me.
ReplyDeletewhat I found so interesting in this passage was that I am going through the exact same thing as paul was. The leaders at our christian club our debating right now over bringing in a previous leader...and the opinion for or against is split half and half, just like this situation. We are being very mature about the whole discussion, but every time I disagree with someone I feel like I'm a bad guy...like having a different opinion is a sin. This passage just goes to show that it is important to discuss leaders...and that it is okay for leaders to disagree. Idk, this passage just gave me a lot of encouragement. Even in an arguement, God can be glorified. Thank you for posting about this :)
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