Often we find ourselves looking at the task before us and asking "God, can You really use us? There are so many needs, so many hurting people, and at times, we are the hurting people. How can You use us? We see a mother church that is doing well but has needs. And we see five struggling church plants, each with various needs. We are outsiders. We don't speak right. We don't understand the cultural rules of the land. We know little of who people are and what made them the way they are. God, can You really use us?
Our road these last few years has been filled with questions of inadequacy. We are beginning to understand that it is the person who makes himself available to God in complete humility that God will use. Humility is the raw material out of which God creates the fruits of the Spirit. And humility is the willingness to order our life according to God's scheme. This means truly believing that God is the source of everything we experience. It also means allowing God to regulate what He has given us.
On Tuesday we begin our first training series. We have worked hard to prepare but we are very aware that some of the teaching methods that worked in the US, will not work here. And so, we enter this series expecting to learn as much as we teach, and believing that God will work. We are certain that the success or failure is up to God. (verses to consider - 1 Corinthians 3:4-7, 4:1-5, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6)
The song Who am I by Casting Crowns has been a favorite of Rick's since he first heard it. It is a song of commitment, saying to God that we recognize that our life is but a vapor, but every part of that vapor will be given to the Lord.
This is a video of a performance by a youth group in Oslo, Norway. We found it on YouTube.
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