The more I serve Him, the more I realise that I don't really understand the Father's love! Sometimes I'm just trying to love people on my own basis. I know it when I am running dry, and when I feel a lot for people, but I don't feel hopeful for them! Not being able to believe and have the faith that God Himself will minister to His people. And this week He sure is showing me, that His heart is loving. And I ought to be serving out of this knowledge of His goodness.
Went to church today for missions training, and I was so blessed by the speaker, Joseph Chean, Director of YWAM. He gave so many examples of how missionaries (whether short termed or long termed) heard from God and obeyed, and how God just met their needs, and met with the people. E.g. He brought a gift of a leather coat & bath robe to a missionary. Someone had prayed and felt these were the 2 things to pass to the missionary. And the missionary opened up the gift and said, only God knows what I needed! And then other examples of how this 20 year old gal heard from God about a people group in the amazon forests, and though she went to the govt to ask, and to the library to search, she couldnt find any traces of this group. And in the end, with the conviction that God had spoken to her abt reaching out to this people group, she went to the forest to search them out! The people group came to know Christ after some time through the sending of mission teams there. And at a missions conference, this group of people came and to his surprised, they were wearing loin cloths and carrying instruments he had never seen before. So Joseph shared about how ple may have forgotten some of the people groups, but God never did forget them. So anyway the examples, and others, encouraged me that God loves every people group, and also hears the prayers of the individual missionaries (in a very sweet way).
This was one of the anchor verse Joseph shared:
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Hab 2:14
Earth = nations --> states and provinces --> towns and communities --> families --> individuals
Anyway it was so encouraging, getting in touched with God's heartbeat again and again and again. And today I just kind of spent the whole day with Him, attending the training for 6 hrs, got home and prayed and worshipped some more. Need to hear from Him again, esp before I start my new job. Need to hear about where He wants me to go etc etc. And for complete healing in the heart. Need to know the Father's heart.
