17May2014 - Which Son/Daughter Are you?

How you doin?  This won't be a very long email today (I think).  I'm extremely busy at work preparing for Memorial Day weekend and are summer season.  I will say that I have my favorite group of employees I've ever had.  That is certainly helpful.  I had a melt down yesterday at the end of my day and my sous chef really step up in support of me.  He recognized that I was at my wits end and jumped in to help/support me.  He very respectfully suggested that go home and get some rest.  He pointed out the task that he would finish by the end of his shift so to make me feel comfortable that we would be ready for the weekend.  It's everything to have a good team.  My team at work makes me think of how the body of Christ should work.  My guys have stepped up and have really embraced their roles, responsibilities, and contribution to the betterment of our kitchen/restaurant.  Hopefully the FOH will follow suite.  I wonder what the western church would look like if we had this mentality.  If we all understood our identity, destiny, that we have access to all of the spiritual gifts, and that the five fold ministry is a gift from Jesus and was established to help us usher in the Kingdom.  WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!  The thought of have unity in the body.  Not compliance to leadership or doctrine, but unity based on Christ likeness.  COME ON!!!!!!!  I am not writing a fictional email today.  Let's start praying for knowledge of our roles and the anointing on the body of Christ.

We did read Genesis 10 today.  This chapter is the genealogy of Noah's children.  Based on yesterday's revelations about Gen. 9 and that Noah wasn't a drunk, I noticed one thing in Gen. 10.  Ham, the son who mocked and dishonored Noah, fathered some bad people and places.  Out of Ham's genetic line came Babel, Assyria, Nineveh,  the Philistines, Canaan, Gaza, Sodom, andGomorrah.  I recognize these places and people as being against God and His people.  The curse that Ham received from Noah for his actions was severe.  His line was cursed.  I notice a pattern throughout the Old Testament that there are contrast in brothers.  Cane and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Essau, and here Noah's sons.  It's almost as if God is giving us examples of the results of the choice we make.  There are only two choices, God or no God.  Choose wisely today.