WHAT GOD IS TEACHING ME
Seeing how people are struggling worldwide and being exposed to different cultures has allowed me to discovered things I really care about. I’m finding things I want to fight for, people I want to understand more. Even better than that, they are the same things that God cares about and knowing that I can do something about it gives me a purpose. That has been my hope that I gain from this trip. I’ve hoped that I can make a difference every single day in a tangible way. But God is showing me a higher calling and that is to LOVE Him first, choose Him first and nothing is more important than that.
God is drawing me closer to Him. He’s showing me how I need to rest and not strive. It’s been amazing to see How he is putting me to death so that He can truly live. The revelation is that He needs to come first, learning to love and minister to Him comes first and then comes ministry as an overflow, a bonus. This past week we haven’t been filled with committments and I’ve really struggled with that because I’m such a doer. God is showing me that I don’t need to do anything to be loved anymore than I am, I don’t need to do anything to be recognized, adored or bring home a prize to prove i did a good thing. That I don’t need to find my significance or worth in anything else but knowing Christ.
I was reminded of the verse. Blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled, (Matthew 5:6) I’ve often times felt unfulfilled at the end of the day thinking I didn’t do enough for God today and that’s a works based mentality. When I let Him fill me up each day with His love and His purpose for me, than that is enough. There’s nothing I can do to earn God’s love, and my motivation for serving Him should always be out of that same love.
Just as much as we like to be filled with food, the same He wants us to be spiritually filled with His love. My hope is that I hunger and thirst for HIM daily and that my life would be a mirror reflection of his love. This video is of the contacts we’re staying with now and the feast they prepared for us last week. God wants us to be full of HIM just like we were satisfied at this meal. Making Contacts has been really faith building too. We came here knowing nobody and know we have friends and contacts galore. God always provides and satisfies the hungry and thirsty soul!
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