My team and I have been in Cusco, Peru, for 4 days now. This month is one of our “Ask the Lord” months where we got to pray to the Lord and see where He wanted us to stay in Peru for these days. Once we arrived, we have been praying for His direction in what He desires us to do in this city! We have spent mornings listening to His Holy Spirit and pushing into discerning His voice and pushing into uncomfortable obedience.
One thing we have felt called to do this week was to go downtown to the plaza square and use our meal money for the day to bless others with a meal. We spent this money to purchase a meal for a new friend and to simply get to know their stories and pray over them, so that they may know that they are lOvEd, by some strangers in the plaza, but most importantly by our Heavenly Father.
A teammate (Catie Collins whoop whoop) and I went around and prayed for healing and love over a few locals on the streets of Cusco. When we thought our time was just about over and began to head back to our meeting point, we had the privilege of having the sweetest encounter.
We met a sweet little lady that works in the market we were walking (shopping, sorry parents) through. We gave her the last of our food items and explained why we were in her city. She immediately whipped out her Bibles, one in Spanish and one in the native Incan language. She read to us the Scripture in Matthew 28 of Jesus rising again in both of her languages and we also got to share it in English with her. What a powerful moment this was!!! By the end of it all, we were all in tears. The Lord has blessed me this week with giving me sweet interactions with His followers of all different cultures and backgrounds.
As we were handing out food today to others, the idea of hunger lingered with me.
Insight on my life: I enjoy a good meal. More so, I enjoy a good dessert. At most moments of the day, you can probably assume I have a hungry desire for some sweets. I am a sucker for dessert and rarely have self control when it comes to this.
But, man, has this thought convicted me today. Do I crave to hear the voice of my sweet, Heavenly Father as much as I crave a piece of chocolate? Do I long for His presence in my daily life as I long for a meal around lunch time? Am I hungry to see His Kingdom to come to this earth in each moment, or am I simply hungry for the things of this world?
Is He simply enough for me? He is. Still, I am praying for a new, deep, hunger for my sweet Jesus and to find more of His presence, voice, and direction in all moments of my days.
The most incredible part of today was noticing the Lord truly filling me up. I noticed that during the prayer for others and conversations engaging about the Lord, my hunger was quenched. I was no longer focused on this material desire I had. He is enough. I am hungry for more. More of His love. More of His presence. His voice. His Kingdom come.
