A God of the Impossible
That is the God we serve! All things are possible for God… yet we live in this world that is restricted by the impossible. Praise God He is faithfull and true to us that we may do all things through Him.
This has been the lesson I’ve learned throughout this outreach. I’ve really learned how much I need Him to do this. I can lead people perfectly fine, which is a gift He’s blessed me with, yet I am still weak. Without Him I can’t council, disciple, keep accountable, nor challenge these guys the way they need. Without HIM, I can’t do ANYTHING for these guys besides give them what they can get themselves! God is training me how to be a discipler instead of always being the disciple. To be a disciple requires self reflection, an honest and open heart to conviction, and obedience in challenges. To be a disciplER requires a real honesty in rebuke, never being judgemental yet being true to what someone needs to hear. It takes love, true love, that will mourn while others mourn yet burn with a righteous passion and intensity when necessary. I still don’t completely grasp it but I’m learning….. but God is my strength, to Him I am accountable.
Outreach has been incredible though. I reallize I haven’t done a great job of keeping this site up to date, and for that I am sorry and hope you will forgive me. My team has spent the past month in Nepal traveling around sharing the good news of Christ. We’ve seen beautiful sights, been bold and true to our faith, and been radically changed all along the way.
My team was blessed with indivuduals capable of taking care of themselves; due to this, I felt it was right to make the best of this potential. The last couple weeks of outreach were intense and full of fruit. I split the team into four-ish groups. Each paired with another, except Mark, and sent on their way to seek the Lord and serve in any way possible for 10 days. All seven of us went for treks in the Himalayas to stay at tea houses along popular routes. Some traveled with unbelieving companions while others met them along the way and shared the love of Christ. Each night was a new and amazing opportunity to share around the fire or in the dining halls. My travel buddy for these 10 days, Cody, and I did a short trek and then joined a white water kayaking training course for four days. For three days/two nights we kayaked down a remote river learning along side two Canadians and one Englishman. We camped on the beach, lived off the food brought along and enjoyed the company of our three companions. I can’t even begin to describe how much I loved sharing my testimony with these guys, hearing theirs and getting to encourage them. I believe these 10 days appart were far more impactful for everyone than any other time of the trip.
Praise God, He is good! We’re back home to the base safely and debriefing the students. Our debreif week begins this next week.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Wow. All of this was a blessing to hear how God blesses. Recently God has been teaching me that He is adventurous, and fun! This is a testimony! Thank you.
-israel