I’m the type of person who always has something to say, from my argumentative personality to being a comforter to friends, I have always had the words. Lord you’re stretching me. It’s not comfortable, it has often felt like my abilities are being confined, I have felt as though I look incompetent when I don’t have the right thing to say. But, God you’re not contained by my words, You are not contained by my finite brain, by my limited thoughts. We serve an boundless God. We will never reach the ends of Your character, we will never stop discovering Your goodness, we will never out-study Your Word. How beautiful? How incredible to serve a God that never grows old.
I’ve been looking for the words, the words to describe all that is going on around me. It’s hard to put this place down on paper, the people into words that will never accurately describe all the life they have inside of them, the experiences into words that won’t come to life quite enough. This is how everyday starts here in Ometepe, sitting in full surrender lost for words.
I am lost for words when I look around and see a people group that desperately wants to be heard. I am humbled when I get to talk to locals who are able to look in my eyes and tell me the things they have seen and experienced. My heart longs for this community that has been told they have no voice to stand up and walk in the authority the Lord has called them to.
Lord I pray that I wouldn’t box your power in with my words, that my team and I wouldn’t be a group that thinks our words have more power than your work. Remind me that because of your work on the cross I have your power inside of me and this will sustain me for longer than any self-sustained thought ever will. Take away every word and replace it with you, take away every thought and replace it with you, take away every feeling of self-righteous and replace it with you. I am nothing without your power and today I choose to not undermine that power by thinking my words have the ability to change your unwavering love and promise. Remind me that my abilities will never put bounds on Your Kingdom work.
