A Message from the President from the latest FTN Journal:
March 2010
God is a faithful God
to every generation, every person.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth
will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. For I
have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens…. Nevertheless my
loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my
faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the
thing that is gone out of my lips. Psalms 89:1-2, 33-34
At the beginning of the Psalm, the praises go up,
thanking the God of generations for His goodness
and mercy. At the end, we see God's commitment to
covenant that He will not break or alter. The Bible tells
us that the God of all creation is a covenant keeping
God. He will not break His covenant with His people.
Unfortunately man struggles to do likewise; a legal
system log-jammed with people who have broken their
words and promises is living proof.
Yet, God can be trusted. That is why in the face of the
tragedies our world has experienced, we can always
look up to a God that is ready to intervene on our
behalf. He has a helping hand outstretched to those
who need Him most and are seeking Him.
Blessing will come from God, but it's through His
people and their generous spirit that we help the
nations—the people of Haiti who suffered through the
earthquake, people in Zimbabwe, India, Nicaragua,
Honduras, and all the other nations and people groups
we have ministered to this year. We have many more
places to go with the help of God and God's people.
I know it might be hard to visualize the hurts of the
whole world, but as the body of Christ, we must be
responsible for our part. After all, we are the hands
and feet of our Lord. Alone we can do so little, but
together as all the parts, we can reach so many.
The question is: have you done your part? Have you
been those hands and feet? If not, today is a good
day to start.
Steve Sumrall
President