Hold On: We're Driving in Cyprus

Wow! This week I finally bit the bullet and drove on the streets of Limassol. Praise the Lord a van has been supplied for us to get around when we need to. I've been hesitant to drive because of several factors: One, they drive on the Left in Cyprus; two, the van we have is an old-fashioned column shift-which I have never driven regularly-if at all in my life; three, the roads around here are narrow and the corners are tight. Because of number three, people drive pretty aggressively and I've never been one who does-which makes things even more nervous for me. God took care of us-but I never felt comfortable yesterday(when I drove all over the town). Hopefully it will get easier. They have these funny things called roundabouts instead of lights in Cyprus-I still don't have those down yet. I was thinking about the Spiritual application that we could make for this. There are numerous things in our lives that we don't feel comfortable with. In serving the Lord, witnessing sometimes can be an uncomfortable experience. Maybe the Lord is challenging you to take on more Spiritual responsibility in your life-this can often be uncomfortable. Well, take a lesson from "driving in Cyprus". You just have to step out on faith and trust the Lord for His blessing. Be encouraged from Timothy this Lord's Day: I Timothy 4: 6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,