The Walk Before The Run

As my family has been dealing with the loss of my father, and with our next community worship event rapidly approaching, I find myself reflecting back and asking what my father really wanted for me. 

The hustle of this life teaches us to focus on everything that is temporary; money, bills, houses, cars, status, even relationships. I can definitely say I've been caught up in this wave through the years, but as time passes and I look back from where I was to where I am today, I realize that Jesus was introduced into my life from a very young age. 

My mother and father became involved in church when I was around 6 years old, and started the Master's Hand Ministries to evangelize through singing and preaching. As a young child I traveled with them throughout the southeastern United States singing with the group. I heard my father preach anointed sermons at every church we visited, and witnessed many souls saved under this ministry. Growing up this way felt normal and insignificant at the time, as my family had always been involved in music, but I realize now that my parents were preparing me. They helped to plant God's Word in my heart, and to cultivate a strong relationship with Jesus in my life. 

Proverbs 22:6 says, 

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

I am very thankful that I came to know Jesus so young, and it is very humbling to know that he loved me at my worst.

But to answer my own question, I believe what my father wanted for me is to share Jesus with everyone I know. Time is short and this life is just a blink of an eye. So I would like you to know today that you are a child of God. Jesus loves you. He died for you. He rose from the dead. He gave His holy Spirit to comfort and guide you.

"God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

Ask Jesus to forgive your sins, to come into your life and live in your heart. And ask him to send His Holy Spirit to help you follow Him.

My father was always so proud when I sang in church, So I will leave you today with the 9-year-old Louis singing with Master's Hands about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. God is still good despite our circumstances.

Thanks,

Louis