Mark Carey Writes:

It’s good to back after a few months away. It has been a fruitful and restful time that I am very thankful for. I'm especially grateful to you all, that I was released by you to be able to do this.

Penny and I have been praying in advance of our return and have sensed a couple of things. Firstly:  you can go nowhere, well, without the presence of the Lord as your focus, centre and leader. God is moving and we must keep working out how to follow like the Israelites did. 

"At the command of the LORD they would camp, and at the command of the LORD they would set out.” Seeking God's presence is exactly what we should do and must do - as John Wimber puts it "We don’t seek God’s power we seek His presence. His power and everything else we need is found in His presence." Moses asked for God's presence to go with him, the Israelites organised around following the cloud and fire of the Lord’s presence. So must we. 

Secondly, Penny had a dream in which she saw a group of cyclists, a peloton, and a rider veering off and, alarmingly, going over a cliff.

I think this is something of a warning for us, or a reminder to us. Let's make sure we don't 'veer off' - the Israelites finally made it to the promised land because they managed to stay together, organised around the presence and the movement of God. We must continue to choose not to take offence, to stick with each other, explore where it is we are able to express our service to God's vision.

Rev. Mark Carey. Christ Church Bridlington Network.