Life of surrender

From Lori* a worker in Asia.

“A life of complete surrender is so easy to hear mentioned, and yet it is completely different to live when we are challenged to go another step beyond our comfort.  This coming fall I am being asked to live in a remote village as the only foreigner and only light in the area.  As an extrovert, this direction is something that I am hesitant to follow.  And yet, God has ever been faithful in reminding me that these people are worth the suffering of His Son’s life, let alone the suffering that I might endure as a lonely light here.  It is amazing to get a chance to surrender in the hardest areas in my life and to think of what may come our of obedience to Him.  Each day leading up to this time is a step of faith and each day He reminds me that He will be with me no matter how challenging it may be.  Though the road isn’t always easy, it is exciting that He would think it worth our suffering to use us and refine us in such amazing ways!”

*pseudonym

And this is Pioneers

It was a gathering unlike any I had ever experienced. One small person caught up in a sea of multi-coloured faces, I was awed by the experience of having our shared faith transcend our differences.

Within a few days, I worshipped with Christian believers from every continent. I shared tearful prayers with a Solomon Islander in response to a profound devotional by a Brazilian leader. I participated in the laying on of hands and prayer over African brothers and sisters, while they listened to French translations. I sat until the early morning hours discussing what “community” really means, and finding it, with dear brothers and sisters from four different countries. I was convicted by the teaching of a Ghanaian leader, and I was moved by the testimony of a Chinese brother, and the prayers of an Arab fellow believer. 

What profound power the gospel has to cross boundaries.  We were all moved by the slice of heaven we experienced in the joyful fellowship of a multi-coloured and diverse gathering of children of God.