I am six and a half months into The World Race. I just came out of a month of spiritual dryness, weeks of spiritual attacks on my team, and six, long, agonizing days of malaria, and today God showed up in mighty Mighty ways.
For the last couple of days I was really struggling with what it looked like to live a life for Christ. What are the norms? What should I feel? What do I do? Slowly God has been showing me what it means to live a life for him but today he gave me somewhat of a template or something to look back on when I go through another dry season. So here is a glimpse into this day that God has blessed me with.
Pealed myself out of bed and left the fortress that I incased my malaria stricken body in for the past six days. On the drive to the doctors I realized that the effects of the malaria and the effects of the malaria medication were finally wearing off. We got to the hospital and started the process of getting my blood tested. As we were waiting Louis bought Suzi and me milkshakes and we started talking. At first it was small talk but after a while something changed in Louis’s voice. He started talking with more authority, he was 100% sure of what he was saying as he proceeded to tell Suzi and me what was in store for us in the future. I won’t go into detail about what he told Suzi but I’m sure she will blog or something about it soon (so keep an eye on her blog!) But I will share what Louis had to tell me.
After Louis had finished talking to Suzi we were both in awe. Louis then took two-seconds to take a sip of his milkshake and take a breath before turning to me. I had told him that inventing had always been a passion of mine and as I have prayed to God to see how he intends to use this passion of mine. I had begun to feel a pull towards industrial engineering however I wasn’t really sure… Until Louis opened his mouth. He proceeded to tell me about how God had planted this passion in my heart and he has equipped me and intends for me to fallow this passion. He told me that I am an out-of-the-box thinker and even though I might not share the same quality’s as other engineers, my skills and talents will be used to see situations in ways other people may not. He continued talking to me for about five minutes and honestly I wish I would have written down every word because I don’t believe that it was just Louis talking to me, but it was God talking through him too me.
At this point I hadn’t had much opportunity to get to know Louis very well, which is why I was left dumbfounded after he had finished talking. He spoke into areas of my life that in no way I could have relayed to him with the few conversations I had had with him. How could he have known so much about me with how little he knew me? I truly believe that God spoke to me today and he used Louis as his voice. I really had nothing to say back to him other then thank you, because what can you say after getting a word from God?
As the day continued God kept showing up. The blood work came back and I was cleared to go because the malaria had died down and my vitals were back to normal (but at this point I was still feeling really crappy). Later when we got home we had a prayer meeting. Since many of the people on my team were experiencing some sort of illness the people in the prayer meeting prayed over us. As they got to me Louis and Louise placed their hands me and prayed that the malaria would completely leave my system, and as they prayed I felt as if every bad feeling in my body was being pulled out of me through my spine. Instantly I felt better. After the meeting Louise came to me and she told me that as they were praying she saw the hand of God reach down and pull the sickness out of my spine.
God is real. He tangibly moves in the earth when we ask him to move, and he wants to have a relationship with us.
Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost.”
We are all lost until we turn to Christ, and he is not as hard to find as you would think. He is not hiding. Just like it says he is seeking after us, he wants us to find him so that we can be saved. Just turn around Christ will be there to walk with you. You can take my word life is way better walking with Christ. It’s not always easier but it is definitely the best decision anyone can make in the entirety of their lives.
