Where to start… another week is gone. The weeks seem to be flying by. This week we were working on a new church plant. Construction was the name of the game. All week we thought we would be building and taking down. This was the case the first half of Monday and a few other times but we also went out and talked Jesus with people a lot. The first day we did this I felt in the way. I felt distracting. The men would just look at us white females and seemed to be very distracted from the message the males were trying to get across. So that evening I suggested that we stay back at the church and just pray over the conversations that the guys would be having. Well we talked to our host and it was decided that we would actually go to a hospital up the road. I don’t know if you all know this or not but the hospital was the one place I didn’t want to go on this trip. (The whole fear of passing out thing… Remember I surrendered that before.) So I got real nervous. We had worship that morning and God was really asking me if I was really willing to surrender that? Did I really trust him with it? We sang a song about how God wont relent until He gets all of us. So I kept thinking and wrestling with this. I did decide to give it all to God. I was ready to go to the hospital if that was where God needed me to go. Well lucky for me we didn’t have to go that day. I was beyond relieved but I was told that we would go the next day. This meant a whole night to worry about it. Well the next morning I was told that plans changed and we were not going. I was elated. I was like yes I gave it all to God he honored that and now I don’t have to go. Well I was wrong we got to the church and came to find out that in about an hour we would be going to the hospital to minister to the people there. Once again God asked me Did you really give this to me? Are you really going to trust me? I responded after much worship and talking with God with a yes. I trusted that God would not call me to go somewhere that He would not protect me in. So we walk here I am so nervous the whole time. I tell one of our Kenyan friends right before we go in about my fear we pray real quick and head in. In Jesus name I was fine. I walked around asked a few questions of the women and got to pray over them. It was a huge lesson in trust and willingness to be obedient. I could have said no I am not willing to go I will stay at the church and watch the bags but that is not what God had asked of me. I have come out of this week with a renewed devotion to following Jesus where ever He leads. He is the one who gets all of me. I was just amazed this week by how I kept thinking that I had given Him most/ all of me and He keeps at me saying give me more… no I said give me more.
So lesson of the week God wants all of us. He wont stop chasing us until we give him more and more. He wants it all. Second lesson God’s plan is beyond us and he will uphold us when he are being obedient to his call.
Find out what he is asking of you and follow him. You will come out stronger, more in awe of our great God and more dependent on Him to lift you up. All of which are great things!
p.s. We are now only communicating over blog for the next few weeks so leave comments. Love you all!
Glad to hear that all over you at EPPC had a good trip to Mexico I can’t wait to hear stories!
