Safely arrived at New Wine in Shepton Mallet and the hot weather arrived with us! Setting up tents and awnings in 28 degrees C was challenging, but our Village Host, Andrew and his wife, Vanice, kept us going with help and refreshments.
The New Wine programme is packed with interesting seminars, the evening worship being led by Trinity Cheltenham and Trent Vineyard, so we are in for a treat!
Tonight, we heard about the story of Zacheus who climed a tree to see Jesus. He was a tax collector, and not the most liked person in the community. Yet, he wanted to see Jesus so much, that he climbed a tree to see him. Jesus noticed Zacheus and met with him and brought him salvation.
Sometimes we have to do things that seem a little foolish to others and yet God responds. If Zacheus had not climbed the tree, he may never have seen or met Jesus, and received salvation.
We must remember that God's ways are not our ways, and God moves in the spiritual as well as the natural world, and people who don't 'know' the Holy Spirit, don't understand spiritual things. And so when Christians pray to an invisible God, the world sees that as a foolish thing to do because they see no evidence of that God.
When the Holy Spirit falls upon us, and we weep, or perhaps laugh, or perhaps 'fall to the ground' non-Christians would see this as a foolish thing, and yet, at these times, our creator God is ministering to His creation.
Don't be afraid to look 'foolish' for God, because he will prepare you for an eternity with Him.
May God be with you.
Pastor Pete
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