Since arriving in Uganda, I haven’t been able to sleep through the night, sometimes not even a couple hours. This month we are preaching, doing door-to-door, teaching, and playing with the children across the road. We preached a lot last month, and I am tired of preaching, but God keeps reminding me of the dream he gave me last month.
In the dream, I was trying to sleep, but people kept interrupting me and waking me up. They were people from the church wanting to hear the Word of God like children hearing it for the first time. God also told me these people had stories to share with us. It was a short dream, but the message was clear. I am to preach the Word.
Recently, God has been speaking about what he is calling me to do. In Kenya, during a bible cell group, we looked at Eph 4:1:
“As a prisoner for the
Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have
received.”
Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have
received.”
We prayed and asked for God to speak to us about our calling. God gave me the words “just go” and a vision of people standing in the wilderness waiting to hear the Word. The people were standing in line on a bridge raised above dry ground.
Never have I wanted to go preach, but right now that is what He is calling me to do. God called Moses, and Moses questioned God. He asked God to send someone else to speak instead of him. He didn’t feel he was eloquent enough. God became angry and asked Moses, “Who made your mouth and who gives you words? Is it not I?” God gave Moses everything, just wanted him to go, trusting that God would speak through him. In the end, God gave Moses Aaron to speak for him. God does the same for us, for me. I am not qualified to do anything we are called to do on this trip(maybe some things), but because God has called me. I will go knowing that God is with me and gives me everything I need if I ask him for help.
I have to keep reminding myself, I can do this…because God is
with me.
with me.
What is your calling? Have you asked?
