Vision. Having a vision for my life is something that I never really thought about. As I have walked through my life, I have always prayed that the Lord give me directions of what my next step, that he shows me where he wants me to go or what he wants me to do. I am someone that always thinks short term, trusting that the Lord will provide where he wants me to go, never thinking about what the “ultimate” goal is for my life. As I told my career counselor last year, “I have no idea what my dream job is, I just know there are many things I would like to do.” Yet these last couple of months I have been surrounded by remarkable men and women of God who are actively pursuing a big vision that the Lord has given though they often seem impossible.
Last month I worked with Emmi at Lighthouse in Missions. I wrote about her in an earlier blog but she has set out to form a ministry to help girls that are apart of the sex industry in Thailand to provide a way out and educating them to prepare them for a better job and a better life. She also believes that God has called her to minister to the villages in the surrounding areas to educate villagers about what happens when they sell their children. Finally, she also hopes to open a Christian youth hostel above her coffee shop in the middle of Chiang Mai to minister the traveling community in Thailand. Right now, Emmi needs $75,000 to get her hostel up and running and to provide for her other ministries. That’s a huge number but she continually would tell us that she is doing what she can and just waiting on God to provide the rest. This kind of task takes a lot of faith which is so inspiring.
And then this month, I am working in a little village in the south west of Cambodia teaching english and working with our partner, Vuthy. Vuthy is a Cambodian who felt God calling him back to the village he grew up in. Vuthy returned to Tosh, outside of Kampot, to open a free English school for the children in the village. He also started a church, “adopted” five boys and mentoring 7 interns, encouraging their walk with Christ while they teach some of the english classes. But thats not enough for Vuthy. God has shown Vuthy that not only is he suppose to have a school, but Vuthy has a vision of building a university, trade school and health clinic within the next five years. This is Vuthy’s vision though he has no support or income. That is extreme faith.
With these two examples of vision, I have been thinking a lot about God’s vision for my life. These amazing brother and sister in Christ have shown me that no prayer is to big, inspiring me that God can give me a vision for my life even though I am only 22. God has great plans for each of our lives and it takes a lot of faith to ask for his vision for each of us. But it takes even greater faith to take that vision and faithfully pursuing it even if the task feels impossible. I challenge you to pray for your vision, what is God’s vision for your life because that is how we can see how big God really is. I also challenge you to pray for Emmi and Vuthy as they pursue to the vision the Lord has given them. If any of your would like to give to either of these ministries please email me and I will put you in contact with the right people.
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