Man of Peace

During both weeks in Canada the concept of finding a man of peace was brought up. It was mentioned in Calgary and studied in Vancouver. I know that I prayed it over several communities near the churches we were working with. The awesome part of the whole concept is that I prayed it over the 8th grade hall and Lincolnton Middle School today as I explored my classroom.

Here's what I learned about men of peace. You can find them is Luke 10. Jesus sends out 72 of His disciples to basically be church planters in the neighborhoods where they live or travel. The first thing He tells them to do when they arrive in a new place is to find a man of peace. "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house." - Luke 10:5-7. The chapter continues on to tell you how to evangelize the community. It's really an awesome passage if you get the chance to study it sometime. You can also find a similar passage in Matthew 10. It's also what we were doing in Canada for the past two weeks.

I prayed today to find a "man of peace" at my new school this year. God has blessed me thus far in my career with good Christian colleagues and principals at times too. I prayed for God to open doors for me to build relationships with Christians already in the school and to be a good witness to both students and teachers a like. I am excited to be a part of the Lincolnton Middle School family and I look forward to getting started there (just not quite yet - still recovering from Canada). There is some of the Biblical base for what we did in Canada. I'll share more details later.