March 7th, 2015
1 Timothy 1:14-17 “And the grace of our Lord was
exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. This is a
faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However for this reason I obtained mercy,
that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to
those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. Now to the King
eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory
forever and ever. Amen.”
The
evening Salt and Light school we get to assist in teaching English to the
village children, is now having the teachers do a short Bible lesson once a
week with their students. It is a really neat opportunity for all the teachers
who are Christian to share God’s light with the community of Khrang Thnong. All
of the teachers are Christian, except for one. I have mentioned her before, but
I have not ceased to pray for her. Yesterday, I was given the opportunity to
share with the students from the word of God. At first I was going to read from
John chapter 10 verses 27-30 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they
follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither
shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to Me, is
greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I
and My Father are one.’” But as I prayed more, God lead me to 1 Timothy
1:14-17. I was just crying out to God, desiring to not only have words from Him
to speak to the children, but to speak to this wonderful teacher as well. I
really wanted to be pointing to Jesus and the cross. When it came time for
classes to start, I prayed and then I began to share. It was hard to tell
things because of two different languages and translation, so I was slightly
discouraged at the end. But after I closed in prayer and sat down watching the
kids prepare to take a test, I realized what had just happened doesn’t return
void. A Buddhist girl was holding the TRUE Word of God in her hands, His Word
was shared, and now it’s in the Lord’s hands and I trust Him. Yesterday was a difficult
day because it was the exact mark for one month left here in Cambodia, but in
that moment the Lord showed me to press in even deeper. Yes, leaving is going
to be hard…probably one of the hardest things I will ever do, but that moment
of sharing His word was what God gave me for that day. I want to take what He’s
given me today and sprint, go so deep, pour out EVERYTHING the Lord has poured
into me, so that all that people are left with is Him…because what it all comes
down to is the Lord.
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