well last weekend was quite frustrating and shocking I must say! God delivered a message unto me through my parents that started out fine and then ended up devastating! As you all problably know I was looking forward to an amazing journey in South Africa this summer, working at an orphanage in Pretoria called BEAM for a little over two months, sharing God's beatuiful love and mercy with the lost and broken in the community there. But there is a certain message God has been trying to direct me towards for the past 5 months, Luke 16:10 " He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much". This time when I read the verse I realized here I am wanting to further God's kingdom, but I have this idea that the only way to do that is by accomplishing something major and radical that everyone will hear about! I was clueless about the little things, in which God desires just as much. You know what I'm talking about right? Basically the silent years of your life when your being faithful with what God has for you, but no one really sees or hears about what you've been doing for Him and his Kingdom. We all will go through it! Look at biblical history, Paul was in the wilderness for 10 years before he started his ministry and what about Jesus Christ he didn't start his ministry till he was 30 years old! If you look at the most effective men in God's Church they all started out by being faithful in the small things and then one day being blessed with MUCH! So if this is you remember that God has something incredible for you, he knows best for you and his timing in life is perfect! Let him refine your heart internally and develop your faith, start with the small things and learn to work your way up the ladder, it takes time but it's the best way my friends! And before I rap up this blog post I'd really like to share an encouraging story with you all that has a great message for each of us! As you know when I found out the trip to Africa would have to be postponed I was extremely disappointed and devastated, but because God is so GOOD he did something very comforting this week in my life! The story begins when I woke up Thursday morning and was instantly feeling frustrated and hurt! My emotions where all over the place, I wanted to go on this trip and still couldn't grasp the idea of letting it go! I told everyone one about it, people were already sending me money to go and here I am letting everyone down so I thought! I got down on my knees that morning and cried out to God, releasing all my anger, hurt and fury that I had held in for the past 5 days. I yelled to him "What is so wrong with me wanting to go, What is wrong with wanting to bring you Glory, I don't understand you, Please send me a message!" I got up off the floor and walked over to my phone and a good friend of mine sent me a message it said one word "Patience :)" I didn't think anything of it at first but about five minutes later, God opened my eyes and helped me realize, that was his message to me "PATIENCE". I couldn't believe my eyes, seriously God is mind blowing He is even using text messaging today to get his truth across to his confused children these days lol. So after receiving that I had to look for a verse of scripture that would encourage me and uplift me and here is the one I found Romans 5: 3-4 "And not only so but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope:" So friends how do you look at PATIENCE? Do you rejoice faithfully when God asks you to wait on him OR do you murmur, complain and doubt Him? If this is your situation as it was and is mine, let His Peace and Patience dwell in your heart, It is worth it!
