Today i heard via email that a young couple from our church, Carl & Ashley, arrived safely in Sudan and are already ministering and teaching people there about the will of God and hearing His voice.
Wow! That is so exciting! What an awesome opportunity that those two are pursuing!
Then, in today's reading in Matthew, i came across an equally awesome opportunity that can be pursued right here in Nebraska:
Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously. - Matthew 10:6-8, Message Bible
As Women With Purpose, we can "go" everyday ...
- Being aware of our neighbors and what they might be going through right now, taking them a pot of soup if they're sick and praying for them ...
- Seeing more than the cans and boxes and bags of food at the grocery store ... seeing the people wandering those aisles ...
- What would happen if dead began to be raised. Right here in Nebraska. Wow!
What other opportunities might there be for you in the place where you live?
2 comments:
Yes . . . a good reminder . . . ask God to let us see the people around us through His eyes and then be obedient to put action to what we see.
Exodus, to me, is a book of fear hope, faith and promise. From the first chapter we see the king of Egypt afraid that the people of Israel were becoming too populous so he decided to kill all the male born babies, FEAR. Then a woman from the tribe of Levi thought to hide her "special" baby boy in a papyrus basket and place him on the banks of the Nile, HOPE. The princess sees the baby and decides to keep it, but agrees to have the mother feed him until he is older. That turns the Levi woman into a mother of FAITH, knowing that her baby really is special. This is seen throughout the book of Exodus where God takes his peoples fears and gives them hope (water out of a rock) and leads them to His promises. Today, in Exodus 34:6b, we read "Yahweh, the Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin." Don't be consumed with the trials of the day or overwhelmed by the signs of the times. Let the God of compassion take your fears and fill you with the hope of His word so that He can lead you to faith in Him and lavish you with His promises!
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