Pick Me, Pick Me!!!

After my walk to Emmaus I could not wait to serve on a team, but in the Koinnia Community that I lived and worked in they had already selected the next team. I was told that the Llano area needed a clergy and so I applied and was accepted. I went to the team meetings and anxiously awaited the date of the weekend and guess what? The walk was cancelled because it did not meet the minimal number of pilgrims. I was highly disappointed. I wanted to serve and give back the blessing I had received.
What was God doing? It was like I was back in elementary school and we were picking teams to play and I am raising my hand and shouting, “Pick me, PICK ME!!!” and I wasn’t picked. You know, “the odd man out” and when I am finally picked the bell rings and recess is over.
Eventually I did get on a team. It just wasn’t on my time. It was on God’s time. So please do not be discouraged if you are not picked the first time you apply. Try again. The first team I wanted to be on was already picked and them the second cancelled. If it is your third or fourth time please fill out a team selection form again. I also want to suggest to you other ministries that are based upon the Emmaus three day model like Chrysalis which is for youth and young adults, Kairos, which is a Emmaus type prison ministry both in Kenedy and Beeville ,and the Walk to Siloam for homeless men. All of these Emmaus type weekends are going on within our on backyard of the Windmill Emmaus Four Day Group. I have had the privilege to serve on each of these ministries and have been blessed. Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 9:37 & 38, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (NIV) Don’t give up Jesus has picked you! Go and Serve.

Grace and Peace
Pastor Bill Duke