Sharing the Reward

I Samuel 30:24 - Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle.  All will share alike.

Whats up?!?  I just wanted to take a minute to encourage all of you guys back in the U.S. All of you who are standing with Juli and I in our ministry need to know how important you all are.  I believe that this story in I Samuel is a great example.  David and his mighty men were going to go into battle, there were a couple hundred men who were too tired to fight, so they stayed behind to guard the supplies of the men.  The others went into battle and won, capturing lots of plunder.  When they returned to the others who had stayed behind, some of the warriors thought all of the plunder was their's, after all they fought for it, but David had other ideas.  He put forth an order than I believe should stick with us always, those who guarded the supplies received the same reward as those who were on the battle field fighting.  Lets apply this to our lives today.

First of all do not misunderstand me!  I in no way want to imply you guys are tired or not in the important battle.  On the contrary, I wanted to encourage all of you who make not think that what you do is as important as what someone else does.  Those of you praying hard up in the states for us and other pastors and missionaries, or those of you who are working hard and able to support financially, you are all entitled to the same reward as those "on the front lines."  We all have a role to play in this family of believers, and all of our roles are equally important.  So lets commit to continue working together!  As a properly functioning family of believers, we are going to continue to see more "plunder" and we are all going to share in the reward!!!!!

love you guys.

Josh and Juli