One thing that I am convicted of this month is the fact that my life is not as glamorous as you may think. Lets face it the word “missionary” is somewhat of a glamorous word – in the sense that you are abandoning everything for the sake of Christ. In the Christian bubble – It is like a celebrity to us. We think, or at least I did, that God must be more proud of how they are living their life. They seem to be doing something more for His Kingdom. What if I told you my life this month was not much different from yours? I had Starbucks on multiple occasions, an ice cream cone from McDonald’s practically every day, and watched a ton of movies, including New Moon (yes, I’ll admit it). If it was just this one thing that I have learned so far – it would be that God is teaching me overseas how to be more intentional with my life back home. He had to completely take me out of the world I was in, to show me how to live according to His will.
I hesitated writing a blog this month, because I feared that I had the wrong motive giving myself the glory for what God has done. I was starting to think of my conversations with people as making “great blogs.” I almost felt compelled to prove to you that I am doing something for His Kingdom, but God showed me so much more….
The Lord convicted me of this: What if I didn’t see one person be healed or see one person come to know Him. Would I be satisfied? Would this journey be worth it? Sometimes we are the sowers. Sometimes we will never see how God used us in a situation. But maybe that is so that we don’t become prideful or take the glory away from Him.
For His Glory alone:
