This Week: April 13th, 2025
It can be difficult, especially as a new believer, to be patient and wait on God’s timing. When the joy of salvation takes root in our hearts, it is natural to desire to serve the One who saved us. The gift of grace is one we could never earn, and while we long to give our lives in return, God often reminds us that He alone directs our steps.
Take Moses, for example. He spent the first forty years of his life as a prince of Egypt, surrounded by wealth and privilege. Yet, when he realized he was an Israelite, he took matters into his own hands, attempting to deliver his people by his own strength. The result was failure and exile. He fled to Midian, where he lived another forty years in obscurity. Only then, after a long season of humility and quiet obedience, did God call him from the burning bush to the very task he once thought he was ready for.
God’s timing is not ours. As Isaiah 55:8–9 says, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," declares the Lord. Like Moses, we must learn that the work of God begins not with our strength, but with our surrender.
Waiting does not mean doing nothing. We live in obedience—studying His Word, praying without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17), and walking by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16). We bear fruit in the waiting, loving others, living faithfully, and growing in character.
As John the Baptist said in John 3:30, "He must increase, but I must decrease." That is the daily posture of the servant heart: submitting our will, stripping away selfish ambition, and allowing Christ to shape us.
God tempers us like steel, forging us through fire to prepare us for the work He has anointed us to do. Be patient. Listen. Stay faithful. In due time, He will call—and you will be ready.
This Week's Worship Service
The resurrected power of Christ not only fulfilled His destiny on Earth but gave a new life to even those who came before. Christ's power over Death was fully realized so that we also can see what the future holds if we follow Him and live a Spirit Filled Life
Matthew 28:1-7
This Week's Church Sign Sermon
Inspirational wisdom can come from the simplest of things. So here we offer just a little Jesus as you drive by. We'd love to have you in for a visit.
Online Giving
Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church is pleased to announce the opportunity for our church family and friends to tithe securely online. You can use your credit card, debit card or bank account to securely tithe a love offering or give to our church's ministries such as to our youth program or our building maintenance fund. You can also use the service's app on your Apple or Android device to give. If you chose to do so, you may also select the option to cover the fees the church is assessed for each transaction. Click the button below to make your offering and thank you.
Who We Are
Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church has been a landmark in Rockvale Tennessee since 1889 at a simpler time when church was an integral part of the community. Church members were family that leaned on each other in times of struggle and celebrated together in times of joy. This spirit lives on in our diverse congregation bound together by a love for Christ and for one another. Our motto is simple, 'Whosoever will, is welcome - just as you are', in the manner as Christ said 'Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' We hope to see you this Sunday morning.
