Over the past week I began having thoughts and questions about what I have been doing on the World Race. Has it been well received? Is it making an impact? Am I really making a difference?
Simply put…I do not know….and more than likely, I will never know. This takes faith. Faith not in my works, but faith and trust that the Lord is taking care of his children. Faith that my labor is not in vain. What it boils down to and what I literally just recognized is that these thoughts are all attacks from the enemy.
Our minds…if left unguarded are left wipe open for attack from the enemy. This reminds me of the study of Philippians that my team has been doing over the past week. In Chapter 4, Verses 4-7; Paul tells the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord always, REJOICE! To be anxious about nothing, but in all things that you could be anxious about take them to the Lord and make them known to him in prayer and supplication (which is to ask for something humbly) with thanksgiving. And if you do that…the peace of God…that surpasses your understanding…will come upon you and guard your heart and mind in Jesus Christ.
Now back to the corn…I have no clue whether or not the corn I tended to in Peru kept growing when I left. I do not know how big of a harvest it was. I have faith that it did and that it has probably been consumed by now. I relate this to the relationships that I have built over the past four months. I have poured into a lot of people along the way and built some pretty solid relationships. A lack of communication between me and those people doesn’t mean that they have stopped walking with Christ…so what I will do is exercise my faith in Christ and KNOW that they are His and He has His hand upon them. I was used for my purpose and have since moved on to water the next “plant”. This is the part of the World Race that I was told would be difficult and this has recently been realized.
I want to ask you to be in prayer for me that God would use me as a vessel to speak to His children, opportunities to present those words, and a BOLD voice to speak them.
Much love to you all…
