You said yes. Now you must keep saying yes.
That is about whats been going through my head for the last month prior to launching on the crazy thing where I live out of a backpack for 9 months. I have officially said Yes every day since.
Launch was hard. Those of you who know me know I am a doer. I get ideas and I just go. Adventures in Missions has saved me from myself by insisting on a months worth of sessions and training. Which has been slowly killing my enthusiasm.
This is okay though. Patience is indeed a virtue to treasure. They say that great things come to those who wait. So yes Jesus taught me that. He knew this pruning process was something I needed before I could go. It was hard and that lesson came with a lot of tears but now I have crossed into Romania and…
here I am.
In the urgency and the stirring of trying to finally arrive at this place of purpose; I have experienced more doubt in my ability to uproot my life for 9 months and actually serve well. But the Lord knew my heart and said yes back to me.
It was the first day of ministry and I couldn’t have been more excited. We had to be at the church for a brief meeting about what the day would entail. We were a part of the eyeglasses ministry that day and everyone was to have different roles. Some passed out glasses, some were interceding, some were passing out the new testaments and some were counselors. As I entered the doors of the church my leader approached me. She asked if I would be willing to be a counselor during that days ministry. This looks like sitting down one on one with people sharing the gospel with them through conversation. I would listen to whats going on in their life and give them the hope of Christ. This felt like a BIG job. I said yes but the doubts that I had been facing up until this point began creeping back in. I got in the car that was to take us to ministry and I quickly got out my Bible to see what the Lord wanted to say to me in these feelings I had.
I heard Him say, “Finally my dear, go and do my work.”
There was a peace about those words that hit my heart. This passion to do ministry has been burning in my heart like a wildfire and God confirmed that He set me a part to do it. But what was most overwhelming is the peace I felt that this work isn’t my own. It will be His words that touch people and His love that will transform this world. I went into that day of ministry with so much freedom because my creator is so much bigger than I. He lead me strait here and now I can rest in His purpose for me.
The Lord spoke to so many people that day through a girl, so far from home, who said yes to following her father through the great adventure we call life.
