I want to do something different in this blog. I want to tell you about what God has been doing in this month so far. God has taken a guy from St. Augustine FL to Peru to preach! How crazy is it that I just preached but also that I preached to people in Peru. Sometimes I have to sit back and think to myself my life is pretty awesome. I know I look at facebook when I get to wifi every now and then and see all the fun stuff going on and I want to be there, but then I remember I am in Peru! I don’t say that to brag but to tell you how blessed I feel by God to be where I’m at in my life.
Last Sunday I had the great opportunity to preach my very first sermon ever! I had some serious butterflies in my stomach that day and no joke must’ve gone to the bathroom a few times from nerves(sorry if that offends you but it happened). I was thinking why God did you put it on my heart to preach this week. How great is it, that when I’m unsure of what I’m doing God has a plan that is for my good. He was telling me I got this. You got this. God was telling me in that moment I created you for a time such as this. This moment right here, this is something great. I planned for you to be here at this point and I planned for you preach to my people. I was unsure because honestly I am not into the whole public speaking thing. Sometimes God calls us to step out of comfort and step up to the hard things. Sure enough I was about to step up.
As the service starts I start praying God to speak through me and to let this be about Him and not me. I wanted God to take over in that moment. I prayed for my translator and I to have a good flow and be able to work together great. When I got up there, I felt the need to continue singing praises. So I told the congregation to sing How Great is Our God just to rest and soak in the presence of The Lord. It’s amazing how just worshipping God, you feel His presence around you and I wanted to live in that moment and soak it up. So time came to preach after that. In that moment my nerves stopped and it was like a switch happened and I felt so comfortable up there. It’s insane how God said you may be nervous but guess what, I got you and I am with you. Your nerves have nothing on me. It was like I gave up control and God just took over and His words poured out of me. I used an illustration of my first dance with a girl and played the song All My Life by KC and Jojo and danced with my translator. My sermon came to an end and thing was I felt at peace after. It felt great to stand before God’s people and proclaim His love for them. We even had an altar call and four people came to the front to be prayed for. This is so awesome to see. I had prayed that God would reach out and touch someones hearts with the word He was giving me. Instead of one there were four. Hallelujah! It is so cool to watch God work. I had never preached before and here I am in Peru doing it for the first time. This is insane. I have an amazing life! It’s great to see how when I think I can’t do something God says you know with me you can do anything. Had you told me that at 25 I would be preaching in another country I’d have said you were crazy. God knew I would be here and I’m so glad that God has been by my side all the time.
