Its been quite a while since Ive last blogged. It also seem a bit daunting trying to convey my last 3 months of physical, emotion, and most importantly, my spiritual growth through a simple blog. However, if i know one thing, it is that God is bigger and He is sovereign and I hope He will use this blog to touch your life and encourage you wherever you are in your spiritual walk.
I have been in the heart of Africa for two months now. First, Malawi, then Zambia. Tomorrow, i will travel to my final African country, Zimbabwe. I have experienced a wide range of emotions while here. I have seen tribes, nations, and people that are completely different from me. I have heard stories of faith, i have heard stories of hardship. Each moment has increased my boldness and confidence in Christ to an all time high. But im still so thirsty for more of God. I want to experience Him intimately. I am so grateful for the challenges I have endured which have refined my faith. I have been tested over and over and my faith has proved true and pure. My faith is not an idea or a theory, it is alive, it is mature, it is the very essence of my existence. My faith, OUR faith is way bigger than us though. We are part of a much larger story. I am making HIStory my story. I want Jesus to shine on my face and Gods love to flow from my heart. When I am standing before my Creator, I want to know my obedience to Him allowed for opportunities for lives to be changed and a legacy to be left that transcended my earthly life. However, obedience is the key. Yes, God calls us to trust Him, but He calls us to something deeper, reliance and dependency in Him. And only Him. When we depend on Him, we can walk in His will for our lives. That will is obedience. It only makes sense that we would be obedient to someone we trust. Something incredible happens when we are obedient. God takes our act of obedience and He multiplies it. He does things in our lives and the lives of others that we never believed were possible. He truly amazes us. He blows away our paradigms of what we believe He can do through us. And through our obedience, we enter into the most fundamental desire of God, that all honor, glory, and praise would go to Him. And we take no credit for the marvelous things He has done in our lives because our relationship with Him comes from a place of trust, reliance, and dependency. We know that nothing we have is ours, we are only stewards of what God has graciously and mercifully given to us.
I just recently did a three day fast with the Lord. He revealed so much to me that would take me 1000 blogs to convey. He spoke clearly to me. He spoke powerfully through others to me during my time of total dependency on Him. Where once my power and sustinence came from food, could only then come from God. My basis need for food was replaced by the fervent desire for intimacy with my Lord and Savior. God has awakened in me parts of my soul that were dead. He has gone places in my heart that i swore i would never let Him into. But through trust and obedience, freedom has become integrated into every fiber of my body, mind, and soul. I leave you with the encouragement that God loves you very much. He has a plan and purpose for your life and its perfect. He doesnt make mistakes. He fearfully and wonderfully created you and when He looks at you, He smiles. It is proud of what He has made. Answer the call from your Heavenly Father. He wants to reveal more of Himself to you. I pray your eyes would be opened so you may see His face and work in your life and i pray your ears would be opened to hear His voice.
