“What do we do if you go down in class?”

So this morning was such a treat for Lynda and me to be reunited with our students both in the elementary, middle school and High school. We have seen the face of our Lord Jesus through their notes, prayers and verses shared over the course of the past two weeks. But now we get to behold their eyes and smiles, hear their voices and receive their hugs, which reflect our Lord Jesus in another extent.

As I was explaining to them that the Doctors had discovered an aneurism one of the students raised their hand and said, “Mr. Redding, what if you go down in this
class, I mean what if that aneurism just decides to bust open in class? What would we do?”

What would they do?

Well I said, “Do what you know to do and God has so prepared you to do at this stage in your life. None of you are doctors in the medical field, but the Lord has given you a specific field that you have practiced all so much already. You all would pray. That is what you are great at doing and the Lord has already heard your prayers as you see Him so graciously sustain Mrs. Redding and me. You use His word, which is sharper than any two edged knife that would be in any surgeon’s hand. And maybe while you are praying and running to Him in His word, just one of you may want to call the office….”

God gives gifts to all men to use for His glory (whether they acknowledge Him or not) and to accomplish His will. (Mt. 7:11, 1 Cor. 12, Eph. 4:8, James 1:17 and 1 Pt. 4:7-11)

The scriptures teach that each one of us has God selected tasks and gifts to accomplish His will and each of us must ultimately look to the Lord for that which none of us can do. Listen to what Paul said in 1 Cor. 3:5b-9 (NIV) - as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

I saw this same kind of thing in the medical realm just last week. Here I have a very God gifted Doctor (Dr. Brennan) whose expertise is in sarcoma cancer surgery depending on another God gifted Doctor (Dr. Burrus) to resolve the vascular issue. Both doctors display great respect for each other and great dependence in each other’s field of expertise. All giving me a great picture of what the Church looks like and should look like – respecting one another and depending on each other to use the gifts and talents that God has given to the whole body to accomplish His will.

“Thanks students though for asking about what to do before we would ever get into a situation like the example above. You know what to do and no mater how old you get or how talented you become, always run to the Lord in prayer through His word.
He is preparing you for tasks that only He knows”