Dear friends of Mexico Ministries:
When Thomas Edison’s laboratory burned down in 1914, his close friend Henry Ford loaned him enough to rebuild it, two and a half million dollars in today’s dollars, on nothing more than a handshake. Both men were good for their word.
In 1955 when I was 17 and three days away from joining the military, my grandmother asked me to promise her I wouldn’t drink alcohol. I have kept my word for 67 years now. Mary Lou and I were 17 and 19 when we promised, “till death do us part,” and in May we celebrated 64 years of keeping our word.
Two years ago a church in Tickfaw, Louisiana promised to help build a church in Mexico. Then the pandemic hit and no one could go anywhere. But the church kept its word and sent $10,000 to me to forward to Mexico so the locals could construct a place to worship.God is good for his word too. “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it, or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?” (Numbers 23.19). He promised to make a great nation from Abraham, and that through his seed all the nations of the earth would be blessed. Through his seed, his SEED (singular), through Jesus, indeed all the nations of the earth are blessed, and the Good News of His salvation continues to spread and bear fruit in every corner of the world. God kept his word to Abraham, to Sarah, to Isaac and Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Hanna, and his chosen people throughout the Old Testament. In Christ, He kept his word to the disciples, promising to be with them in their ministry to the end of the age. God is still in the business of keeping his word. His Word.
How good is our word? When King David asked God who could abide in His presence, the answer was, “he who walks in integrity, who swears to his own hurt and does not change.” (Psalm 15.2f). God’s people are called to imitate our Father in heaven, whose word is “right and true. He is faithful in all He does.” (Psalm 33.4)
Space forbids more, but soon I am going to preach on this in greater detail. Thank you so much for your wonderful support for these many years. Thank you for being people who stand by your word, and stand by this ministry, that the Gospel of Jesus may continue to spread throughout Mexico.
God bless you,
Larry