You See A Trailer, I See God's Hand of Provision

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." - Phil 4:19

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." - Pro 3:5

"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you..." 2 Cor 9:8

"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?" - Matt 6:26

You learn things on deputation.  You learn things that you never would have learned if you had not gone on deputation.  Things that you can't learn from a book, bible college, or any other person.  One of the greatest things you can learn on deputation is this: God never fails to meet your needs.  

We have been traveling with a small trailer behind our car for a while now and recently that trailer was damaged. To make things worse, I actually noticed the damage as we were pulling out of our driveway to go on the road for a month! The timing could not have been worse!  

We needed a miracle and we needed one fast!  We had to go on the road and we did not have anyway to carry our month's worth of luggage with us!  What could we do?

The next morning I started to make calls about renting trailers.  The lowest quote I could find was several hundred dollars.  I didn't have that much money and I would not have spent that much on a trailer if I had it anyway.  

I had no options left.  I simply prayed and said: "Lord I don't know what to do, but I know that you have never failed to meet a single need that we have had thus far. I trust you."  

Less than 2 hours later I had a 4x8 Uhaul trailer rented for a month for FREE!!!  

I didn't miss any meetings, I didn't lose any money, (I didn't have any to begin with) and I really didn't lose any sizable amount of gas mileage with this Uhaul trailer.  God has provided again.  

I could share dozens of stories like this.  I could tell you of the time that I boarded a plane to Kenya and didn't have enough money to have my annual conference and the person in the seat next to me pulled out his wallet and gave me the exact amount of money that I needed!  I could tell you about the time that I had no money in the bank, no money in my wallet, and no gas in my car as I pulled up to a church in Maine and during the break between Sunday School and church a man came up to me and put several hundred dollars in my hand and said "God Bless You."  

Let me just sum it all up for you:  God never fails to meet my needs!  

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take him at his word.
 

Be not dismayed whate'er betide, 
God will take care of you; 
beneath his wings of love abide, 
God will take care of you.

God will take care of you, 
through every day, o'er all the way; 
he will take care of you, 
God will take care of you.

Through days of toil when heart doth fail, 
God will take care of you; 
when dangers fierce your path assail, 
God will take care of you.

All you may need he will provide, 
God will take care of you; 
nothing you ask will be denied, 
God will take care of you.

No matter what may be the test, 
God will take care of you;

lean, weary one, upon his breast, 

God will take care of you.

 "And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him." - Luke 8:25

As I continue down the road again I have a renewed trust and faith that the Lord never has failed me and he simply never will fail me.  What a wonderful God we serve!

Look for My Blogs in the Future!!!

I have decided to put some of my sermons and experiences in a blog.  I am praying that the Lord will use me to stir you to do more for the Lord.

Looking forward to being a blessing to you.

Spencer Smith

He That Warreth

2 Timothy 2:4

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 

Paul writes to a young preacher in the ministry and tells him that there is a war going on right now.  He also tells this young preacher that he has a chance to fight in this war. He also tells him: "If you are gonna fight in this war, you can't be tied up and entangled in things that have no eternal value."  

Lets notice a few thoughts:

1. The Conflict - "No man that warreth..."

The conflict that a Christian should be involved in is over the souls of men.  God is dispatching his army of believers to assault the strongholds of Satan across the globe.  If you a not actively reaching, reconciling, and restoring people to Jesus Christ then you are not in the fight.  You are at ease in Zion.  There is a great war going on and God wants to use you in this war. 

2. The Choice - "...entangleth himself with the affairs of this life..."

I have heard many people use the saying: "He is so Heavenly minded that he is no earthly good, " but I would suggest to you that the opposite can be true as well.  A person can be so earthly minded that they are no Heavenly good.  They are no Heavenly good because they are entangled in the affairs of this life.  

I recently preached to a group of teenagers and I gave them 3 things that are common entanglements for teens.  Here they are:

#1. Entertainment.  Many teens won't read their Bible or pray like they should because they are entangled with video games, movies, and T.V. shows.  I often wonder how much of my life has been wasted on entertainment.  

#2. Relationships. Many youth pastors have told me that they often lose their best teens when they get a boyfriend or girlfriend.  They their eyes off Christ and put their eyes on their "sweetheart".  I am not a fan of teenage dating. If given the chance, I will preach to teenagers that they should not be dating at all.  The cause of Christ has lost too many teens to entangling relationships.

#3. Jobs.  Many parents encourage their kids to work a job as a teenager, but most jobs that they can get will schedule them to work on Sunday.  Sunday is for Church, not for Church's Chicken.  Sunday is for Jesus, not for Jack in the Box.  Sunday is for worshiping the Son of God, not for working at Subway.  Our loyalty should be to Christ, not some minimum wage job.   Hayman!

If we are going to be involved in the war over the souls of men, then we must not entangle ourselves in the affairs of this life.  

3. The Consequence - "that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."

The consequence of doing these things is that you will please God.  I want to please the Lord with all of my heart.  There have been many times that I did not please God and I could sense a frown from Heaven, but I desire to please God.  I desire to hear "Well Done Thou Good and Faithful Servant".  What a day that will be.


Are you entangled in the affairs of this life?  Are you warring for God?  Join God's Army of Soul Winners!  Please God with your life!  You won't regret it.  

Kenya Trip 2011

Tommorrow I will be leaving for Kenya.  I feel like this is going to be a great trip.