Jonathan Bost

Teach Me to Number My Days

Last Sunday (1/4), my Pastor allowed me to present the Children’s Sermon. As always, I tried to connect the message of that morning’s sermon to the Children’s Sermon. The sermon’s central message was the stewardship of time and the central passage was Psalm 90:12, which reads:

So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. (NASB)

The subject of stewardship is often difficult for children to grasp—especially since many of them do not have much of anything to manage besides toys. However, my mind quickly jumped to how I could demonstrate to them the concept of managing their time. I (with the help of my parents) gathered pictures depicting typical daily activities (praying, eating breakfast, playing, doing school/home work, etc.) and was going to ask the children to help me put them in order of a normal day. This activity worked as I expected and the children seemed to understand that “we can’t wait until lunch to eat breakfast because we will get really hungry”—there should be some order to the day.

As I studied the Scripture, though, I think I got a giant lesson in God’s Will. While at times it seems like I am just waiting for God to open opportunities for me to be in ministry, God is using this time to prepare me for that ministry. It seems so simple a child could understand, but this was just the message that I needed to hear and in just the way I needed to hear it. The message was: Jonathan, use your time while you are not in vocational ministry to learn and gather knowledge so that when God begins to use you in vocational ministry you may present Him a heart of wisdom by knowing, understanding, and doing His will.

Since this time, I have been asking God what I should do that I could number or order my days to honor Him. What should I be doing during this time while I am working in a secular job that will present Him a heart of wisdom when I become the pastor of a local church? I believe He is showing me how what I am doing now will benefit His kingdom and what I could be doing to grow into the pastor He wants me to become. I believe this lesson and this prayer is great for every believer: “Lord, teach me to order my time so that I may present You a heart of wisdom.”

Labels: Christian Theology, Church, Jon, Theology, Things that will put you to sleep late at night

Christmas is in the Air

I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in St. Martinville and we had slew of events planned. On Friday night, our church’s choir performed their Christmas presentation at the Opera House. This is an annual event which allows the community to enjoy a religious theatrical production outside of the church.

Saturday was spent with Benji, LeAnne, and Logan at Logan’s soccer tournament. Logan’s team won the league championship by going undefeated during the regular season. We had high expectations for them in the tournament, but they lost their first game and had to battle back through the loser’s bracket. They did get to the championship game, but they lost.

At church on Sunday, the choir presented their play again during the worship service. This performance went a little smoother but lacked some of the flair that accompanies any production at the Opera House. In the afternoon, I went to begin my Christmas shopping in Lafayette and, since I was there, I went to the UL basketball game. Well, actually, I went for the basketball game and since I was there I did a little Christmas shopping. To help, I posted the pictures below on the day I took them.

Labels: Benji and Leanne, Christmas, Church, Family, Logan