Due to sickness and another meeting of other team members, I
filled in on a home group Bible study last minute. It was a Bible study for some Burmese people
that we had met at church the Sunday before.
I came completely unprepared hoping the Holy Spirit would take over and
share through me. I really wasn’t that
nervous because I knew God would give something to say when it was time. I walked in and sat down and staring back at
me were the beautiful faces of 3 Burmese people and one little Burmese
baby. As I sat there and looked at them,
all of the sudden I became very intimidated.
These people have fled their country, their families, and their lives to
become refugees. They now go where the
agency sends them. They have very
limited freedoms but way more freedoms than if they had stayed in their own
country. The craziest part to me is that
most of them left home because of the Gospel.
They were persecuted by the government because of the Gospel so they
fled to try to have a better life. As I
sat there and processed all of this, I began thinking-What could I say to them
that would benefit them at all? What
story would I have to tell them that would show that we were in some way
similar? How could God use me to speak
to these people that have been through so much hardship when I’ve had such a
blessed life? I felt very spoiled and
very inadequate. I ended up sharing my
testimony about how I was called to the World Race, but even after I was done I
felt like it was just silly compared to their stories. But I know the Lord can use anyone and any
story to speak so I’m confident that He was able to use my words to bless
someone’s life even if I didn’t think it was beneficial to them.
Listening to these people’s stories absolutely amazes
me. Through everything they still
glorify God in everything. Their faith
is so strong. I have the utmost respect
for them. God definitely made a special
place for them in my heart. I want to
spend more time with them so I can learn and grow from them. Man, their love for the Lord is just so
evident. When we went to the church on
Sunday I just looked around and watched them worship. They worshiped with all their hearts. Every single one of them. It was so beautiful and encouraging. I want to be more like them. I want to surrender everything to God and
have no doubts especially when hard times come.
I want to still have joy and peace through the hard times. I want to have confidence in God’s
sovereignty and love for me because it’s so big and so great. It’s really scary, but I want my faith to be refined by fire.
