"Just a Thot"
for
November, 2009
Usually during the school year some interesting experiences happen. One of the fourth graders was sick and missed four days of school. She worked at home making up her assignments that she had missed.
When she returned to school, she had completed all the assignments except Social Studies. As you might expect, the first day back at school she had a pop test in Social Studies. The teacher told the class to write sentences with each of their vocabulary words. One of the vocabulary words was “profit.” Her sentence was: “Moses
was a profit of God.”
Technically, she was wrong as she confused the word profit with prophet. The teacher marked it wrong. That was the only one our 4th grader missed on the pop quiz.
While technically wrong, the spirit and real meaning could be correct. Moses was a profit for God. Profit refers to a benefit or a gain or something positive. The contribution of Moses was extremely profitable to the Kingdom of God! Truly Moses was an effective prophet from God and a profit for God!
I wonder how many of us are really PROFITS for God. When people observe our lives, is the cause of God advanced? When people watch how we react in tough situations, is God’s plan for life exemplified? Are we good examples to follow? Does your life and mine reflect a positive gain or benefit for God’s work?
A prophet is one who is both forth-telling and foretelling. There are not many of those around. A profit is a positive gain or benefit. Every member of this church can be a profit of God!
See you at the “profit” place on Sunday!
Chuck
