These past couple of weeks we have been painting a newly built church, about an hour away from the city we are staying. This village is made up of majority farmers and their families.
In the village there are only ten Christians, the rest are Buddhist. So this church is a huge step in the transformation of this community and the lives in it. From the time we got here we have been busy at work, from morning to night! Priming, painting, waiting, watching for piles of fire ant hills, that wanted to assist us in our efforts by keeping our feet busy and moving, and painting some more. I must say that I enjoyed myself, and think i found a new relaxing hobby! I turn on my music and am in a zone for hours, and I think I have some skills I must say so myself!
Well Anyways….
Every night when we are finished for the day we would sing and worship in the church, and allow the Holy Spirit to have his way in the place. We prayed over the church, the village, and the souls that God would draw into this place. Being that we are in the middle of nature, tons of bugs are automatically drawn to the bright lights in the building we had all types if creepy crawly visitors join us, it got so bad we had to turn the lights off!
At worship one night God brought back to my remembrance a prayer i wrote before coming on the field. At the time i didn't know where it came from or why it rested upon my spirit, but now I know it was for this particular time & place. So I wanted to share it with you all, it's called Zapped!
Zapped! The sound that you hear as bugs get caught in the light of no return. You think to yourself stupid bugs why couldn’t you just stay away, but it’s something that they are attracted to and can’t turn away from. Like those bugs Lord, I pray that like those bugs souls are drawn to the light that doesn’t offer death, but life. They are not aware of what’s ahead, but it is something that keeps tugging at their hearts that keep them coming. When they enter into that light, they are zapped with the presence of God, where they are filled with his love, his power, and his holy spirit. Lord, let them be ZAPPED! I think to myself, Lord help me to shine so bright that souls from all over the world will come out of darkness into this marvelous light that lasts forever, and that people would want to hear of this great man that offers it. Amen! So just like that I want this church that we have labored into, to draw souls to their doorway, far and near and that they will be captured also into a light of eternal life. So come on people, SHINE BRIGHT! Jesus Zap away!
