I gave my life to Christ many years ago, but never truly knew what it was like to live that out. Yes, I believed in Him. Yes, I knew he was my Heavenly Father. Yes, I knew all he had done for me. I got baptized knowing what it meant and truly accepting God into my heart, but if I am being completely honest, I didn’t truly know what it looked like to live my life for the Lord.
While I’ve been away on this trip I’ve learned what it’s like to actually live out my “yes” spirit; saying “yes” to the challenges, “yes” to the experiences, “yes” to new opportunities, “yes” to being uncomfortable. Simply saying “yes” every time God calls.
About a month ago, my team was offered an amazing opportunity to lead a service at one of the local churches on an island near us. In the moment, I was so hesitant on committing to such a “big job”. But I did. I was actually one of the four girls on the team who helped plan for the event. We had about a month to plan, but even with as much time as we had, nothing was really set in stone until the night before we left. The whole month of planning consisted of unanswered questions, unknown details, and unspecified funding. If you know me well enough, you know I am a HUGE planner. It’s my thing. God was REEEEAALLY challenging me with planning this time. It got to a point where I was frustrated with all the obstacles that we were facing, I wanted to throw my hands up and give up. Nothing was going the way we had planned, but there was no turning back. We were less than 12 hours away from departure. So, I sucked it up and kept going.
Out of the 39 days that I have been here in the Philippines, the 2 days that I spent serving at this church was by far the most fruitful experience I’ve had so far. There is no doubt in my mind that God put that weight on my shoulders to learn how to completely rely on His goodness. After all of the stress and anxiety over how things were going to turn out, it ended up being better than my team ever could have imagined. God made ends meet with all of the unanswered questions, unknown details, and unspecified funding.
Bible stories were told, songs were sung, communities were fed, Bible studies were impacting, prayer was powerful, prayers were answered, lives were given to God. The weekend was spent glorifying His kingdom and spreading His love. Rejoice in the good He has done for you and have faith that he will continue to provide.
