"For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry."
Hebrews 10:37
Okay, I'm going to start a little piece called "What does this scripture mean to me?"
The first time I heard this verse, Shannon Knight had took the youth to visit his old church in Russellville, Alabama. We had recently lost our youth minister, and it was a tough time for our youth group. They where in revival, and had a guest preacher (whose name would go here if I had the slightest clue what it was!). He started preaching about the end times, and the signs Jesus gave to it's coming. It hit me that quite a few, scratch that, most of the signs revolved around Israel. It really bothered me, because the Jews do not accept Jesus as the Messiah. I was really troubled. The verse means that when he comes, there will not be time to get saved then! It is not a wait and see kind of thing! So, on the way home I thought to my self, "I need to do something." Yes, I need to do something. Not we, but me, Eric Mayo. Well, not just me, but me with the help of my Jesus. The devil almost instantly started fighting me. I didn't know it at the time though. When we got back on the church bus, my heart was racing like crazy! I knew I just had to say something, so I said something to some of the people on the bus. They agreed it was sad about the Jews, but non were as convicted as I felt. It kinda hurt that nobody else felt like I did. So I kept quite. I let Satan win that battle, but he in no way won the war! As time went on, we acquired a new youth minister (Also know as our God send!) Payton Junkin. More simply known as Payt. Through his encouragement, I realized that Israel is my calling. Those people break my heart. After Jesus and me, Payt was the first person to know about my call. It is awesome how God will put people in your life just to show you things you need to see! It has been huge for me to know my calling at such and early age. God prepares me everyday for what I am going to face. I can not wait to see what God has in store for me and Israel!
And that is how I found my calling, and what this verse means to me!
Scriptue on my heart:
1st Thessalonians 5: 12-28