Looking off into the stars above, I seem so small in this huge world. Why would God have picked me? Why would God have chosen me to do the job that He has put before me? I can not honestly answer that question and I don’t think I ever will until I sit before the throne of Jesus. What I do know is that He has put a task before me.
The task that I presently have is to shower a team with prayer and to run a church. This task is so humbling because just less than two years ago I was living in a life of sin. I was doing what ever I wanted and everything revolved around where I wanted to go in life. Never did I sit back and realize how big this world is and that it is not all about me.
That reality was hard to comprehend, but once the Lord helped me take the focus off of myself and onto the people of the world, answers to life’s tough questions began to pour in. Jesus began to become so real, the Word of God became alive and peace began to flood into my life.
That brings me to Sunday night’s service where pastor Nestor has allowed me to completely take control. I felt burdened to fast for the people because I knew that the Lord was going to show up. I knew that the Lord wanted people to be set free from the bondages of this world and step into a life of Freedom in Jesus Christ.
I was told that services normally go for around three hours so I prepared accordingly. I had such a peace about it because I looked at the talented men and women that surrounded me. We worshiped, gave testimonies, performed a drama called Set Me Free, and I gave a message.
I stood up in front of the crowd of about 60 people and opened my heart to the entire body of Christ. I spoke on the things that hold us back from freedom (Sin, Need of Forgiveness, and the spiritual battles that are taking place).
As I came to the end of the service I asked if anyone would like to come forward to receive Christ. Eleven people came forward as I told them the importance of this prayer that they were about to pray with me. I emphasized that it wasn’t a prayer that saved them; it was a repentant heart and a BELIEF in the one true God of Jesus Christ.
After the prayer I was able to tell them where the Lord has taken my life. That less than two years ago, I was in the same position that they were, lost in the world of sin without Jesus. But, two years later the Lord has me preaching in front of a Church, sharing the same thing that was shared to me, the LOVE of Jesus Christ.
I can’t express the happiness that flooded my heart as so many cried out for Jesus to come into their lives. Cries of total dependency for the God that created this world, cries for deliverance from the lies that the Devil has placed into their lives and cries for FREEDOM in CHRIST JESUS.
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.”
2nd Corinthians 3:17
