“You know that God is all you need when God is all you have.”
This is a popular saying and I feel that during the month of August in Zambia that God gave me some insight into what that really means.
Zambia was our ATL (Ask the Lord) month in Africa. My team spent a good amount of time praying about where God wanted us to go in August. God said Zambia and led us to work with Bishop Mambo and Nyamphande orphanage and community school. We ended up out in the middle of nowhere in rural Zambia… more remote than anywhere I’d ever been before. I had been in the ‘bush’ in Mozambique but this was far more rural than even that (especially where we went to the wedding).
In July, God saved my life from Malaria and in August God sustained me. We faced a lot of spiritual warfare where we spent our month in Zambia. There was a lot of witchcraft and voodoo that was actively practiced in that area and we even were unknowingly in contact with individuals who were practicing.
Multiple people on my team did not sleep for the entire month. I was one of those people. Several of us also did not eat much. Due to the spiritual climate and the lack of sleep, our appetities were reduced to nothing. It is nothing short of miraculous that God sustained us while we were not sleeping, not really eating, and still participating in ministry. Even more miraculous is the fact that those of us who were not sleeping were also not grouchy and grumbling. I am sure that many of you can relate to not being in the best of spirits after not sleeping well at night, so just imagine not sleeping for a month! That is definitely a miracle!
In short, the fact that Bekah, Amanda, and myself were not sleeping and barely eating and yet we were still at choir practice singing and dancing and doing ministry as much as we were able, IT IS AMAZING! God has shown me that these things were all done on HIS strength, not our own strength. Phillipians 4:13 says:
“I can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens me.”
I could not have survived the month on my own. I could not have managed without sleep and food. But, not only was I able to fully experience God’s strength, but I have really learned that God is truly all I need.
When I am not sleeping, GOD sustains me.
When I am not eating, GOD sustains me.
When my health is suffering, GOD sustains me.
When you feel that you cannot go on whether physically, emotionally, or spiritually, know that GOD can sustain you. All you need to do is turn to him.
