You Never Know . . .

You never know who is watching you. For several months I have been doing my early morning walking at a nearby shopping mall. Since the stores do not open until later, the only people in the mall are walkers and there are a good number of them. Fast walkers pass slower walkers and slow walkers are passed by faster walkers. Greetings are exchanged, but few conversations are held. Walkers come and go. I often wish one of the coffee shops would open early so I could fellowship with fellow walkers, but it hasn’t happened. So I continue to walk anonymously, or so I was thinking. One particular couple always seemed extra friendly. Last week, as I walked pass them, he asked, “How’s your ministry in Vancouver going?” Long story short, they are members of a nearby church where I have shared the story of my Vancouver ministry. Until that revelation, I thought no one in the mall knew me. I remember a word passed on to me by my late Pastor-Father – “The most dangerous place to be is where you think no one knows who you are.” I came home and re-read the second half of 1 Timothy 4:12, “Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” and thanked God that I had not done or said anything at the mall to tarnish my “example”. Be careful this week. You never know who is watching you.

Join me in remembering the following global concerns:
• Pray for Larry and Sarah and their ministry to University students and faculty in Macau.
• Pray for those who serve in Mali in the midst of government take-over.
• Pray for Mike and Sarah as they lead a basketball camp with 200 participants on March 26-30 in Portugal.
• Pray for Jimmy as he fights physical exhaustion and the effects of epilepsy medication in West Africa.
• Pray for the Jelka Church plant in Slovakia.