Peace in the Chaos

So, this is the first post in my renewed effort to keep a blog. Here it goes...

Sunday morning I got up expecting a semi-busy day at church. I run the nursery at my church and we were expecting some large numbers as January is typically a high attendance month. As we were prepping for a large number of kids, sickness meant that our team of seven was taken down by two. Ever aware of Satan's attempts to derail our efforts to expand the kingdom, I went into defense mode. Using the armor of God (Eph 6:10-18), I found a verse in which to claim as my own for the day.

Romans 16:20 "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you." 

I have found that when we acknowledge the fact that Satan has a plan of attack and commit to following Christ regardless of what may be thrown at us we can take peace in the fact that our God is strong and mighty. He will defend us and give us peace. Now, that doesn't mean there wasn't any chaos or busyness during the day. We didn't have a huge influx of kids, but we did have a lot of new families. God in His great wisdom also gave us new volunteers or volunteers going the extra mile to impact the lives of others. However, in what could have otherwise been chaos, God granted us peace and we were able to crush Satan under our feet as we impacted the world for Christ. But, it came down to the choice to trust in Christ and follow Him.

Skip forward to this morning and the verse of the day in my You Version app...

Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hears, since as members of one body you were called to peace and be thankful.

I am so thankful for the awesome body of Christ that I am a part of. When they heard that Sunday would be hectic, many lifted up our crew of staff and volunteers in prayer. So, I want to thank all of those that held us up in prayer and those that stepped in to help us out.  I also want to thank our Lord for being faithful to us and granting us His peace that transcends understanding (Phil 4:7)