God puts together gatherings where people are presented with the truth of His Word so that their faith can grow to a point where they can receive all of His spiritual blessings.  These God gatherings cross all barriers that man has instituted; they transcend learned traditions and practices and are used to build the church of Jesus Christ regardless of race or nationality.  

In Acts chapter 10, we are seeing God put together a gathering of people to receive the good news of Jesus Christ.  It would require that barriers be broken down and it would require obedience.  In the first paragraph (Acts 10:1-8), God is working on a Gentile named Cornelius.  In the second and third paragraphs (Acts 10:9-23), God is working on a Jew named Peter.  In the fourth and fifth paragraph, we see the gathering come together as these two individuals obey God.

So he invited them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am a man." And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered. And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me." And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.' So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."
(Act 10:23-33 ESV)

As Jesus was helping Peter see that racial barriers had to come down, Cornelius was busy getting his house full of his friends and family so that they could receive the blessings of God that were coming.  He didn’t know what they were going to receive; he just knew that if God was putting it together, it would be good. 

By the time Peter gets to the house of Cornelius, the house is full of people.  This was a God gathering designed by God, but for it to take place and people’s faith grow to receive God’s spiritual blessings; it required the obedience of Cornelius and Peter.  In this paragraph of Scripture we see that their obedience to the instructions that came to them through prayer resulted in a God gathering.  When God puts a gathering together, good things are going to happen.

These two individuals did not realize what the result of their obedience would bring prior to obeying.  They knew God and they knew that if they obeyed Him, the result would be good.  Many never enter into all that God has for them because they can’t see what the results of their obedience will bring.  These two did not have to see the results before they moved forward in obedience.  They trusted God and knew that if He was leading, the result would be good.

Beloved, trust God and move forward in obedience as He instructs you through His Word and through prayer.  You may not understand it all, but that is not a requirement.  All that God requires is obedience and as we step out in obedience, we know that the best is yet to come.  God rewards obedience with His spiritual blessings.

We need God gatherings in our day, but it will require stepping out in obedience.  At Loving God Fellowship we have built a platform for God gatherings to take place in cities across America and around the world.  We have stepped out in faith believing the instructions God has given us, not knowing what the end result will be while realizing that God’s spiritual blessings are for all nations and they will follow obedience.  We are calling these gatherings Loving God Fellowship or LGF Gatherings and all we need on the other end are for people like Cornelius to step out in obedience and gather their friends and family.  God will show up and with Him comes spiritual blessings.  To learn more about these gatherings and how you can be a part, please go to our website at LovingGodFellowship.org and click on the link “Building the Church without a Building” or the link “Church without Walls”.

May those who love God and ALL people rise up in obedience to the Lord in our day.  May God gatherings where the truth of God’s Word is proclaimed and faith is enlarged be commonplace.  May we realize that God gatherings do not have to take place in a church building and on a church day.  And may we receive the spiritual blessings that always follow our obedience to God.

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@PastorGreg
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