GBC Community Update: Answering the 'why' question

​Good morning!  I hope you’re making this a great week.  We had a great time praying last night for outreach, or more accurately, listening to what God would say to us about outreach. It was a good reminder to me, especially as a guy whose job it is to talk, to spend sufficient time in quiet, reflective, listening to God. The words of Psalm 46 come to mind: ‘Be still and know that I am God’. I’d encourage us all to spend some time this week being still.
 
 
Join us on Sunday in-person or on our livestream as we look at what it means to be at the Junction
This Sunday at 11am we continue our new series on living at junction.  Mike Stone, who serves as Executive Director with Vision Ministries will be speaking, continuing our summer mini speaker series.
Remember, you can join us as we gather in-person or you can connect through our website www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE.
 
 
Summer thoughts to keep you on the journey: Answering the ‘why?’ question
You’ve likely heard this all before, you may even tired of it by now. So please take this as a gentle reminder for this who may still be asking the ‘why?” question these days.  This is not just about Covid but a whole of things.  There is much uncertainty these days and its natural to ask ‘why’?  That’s a healthy thing to do in changing times like these but when this leads to more questions there are a couple of things we can remember as we go through tough times: 
First off, remember WHOSE you are. Ephesians 2:10 says we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. So, God isn’t surprised by what’s going on, He’s still in charge and He’s working things out for His glory.  As much as it’s nice to know we have purpose, our main purpose is not what we do but who we are in Jesus.  Times of testing show this to ourselves and the world around us, it’s part of our witness.
As we deal with the inevitable and very real ‘why?’ questions it’s good to remember that a disappointment can be God’s appointment based on what you do with it. He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4), He’s working things out.  Those classic words of Proverbs 3:5-6 come to mind: trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in everything you do remember He is the King of Kings and He’ll make your path straight.  Not easy, but straight, and it’ll lead you to a finish line where once crossed there are no more ‘why’ questions.
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris