Throw your pebble!

Blog Post by Wendy Kauffman

So this next week marks the end of our 3rd month here in Miami. It feels just like yesterday we were making preparations to pack up our family and move here. I think that it is safe to say that most people thought we were crazy. The thought crossed our minds a time to two as well. What are we thinking going into that situation in that town with what little we had. Still today with all the struggles there are, the question can be asked, What are we doing here?

Well I have been reading about this guy in the Bible named David lately. God called David a man after his own heart, so I really want to know as much about this person that I can. Today my reading was in 1 Samuel 17.

⁴⁵ David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

I truly love power statements like this. You know the ones where the little guy is going to beat up the big guy and he means it and truly believes he can do it and in doing it is going to change the face of the world as we know it.

When we moved to Miami to start an outreach to the poor and a church for people who are really far from God the whole idea of it gets very overwhelming. The problem is so big and we are so small. It feels ridiculous at times showing up to the war with what we have.

Of course that is how David did it. Just a Shepard boy who showed up to bring some bread for his brothers, and was good with a sling shot. He chose for battle, not a sword or massive armour but 5 smooth stones and he WON.

A few days ago I was feeling pretty discouraged, thinking I showed up to this yielding just a loaf of bread, but today I know God is going to give us exactly what we need when we need it.

So pick up your pebbles and throw it.  You just never know what might happen.
We might change the face of the world as we know it!

"All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”