God is here! In the midst of intense spiritual warfare and in a country haunted by fear, God is here. He's showed up when my attitudes been awful, and He's showed up when I feel too sick to speak. My God is bigger than my emotions and bigger than my problems. Today there are some English students who became much more than students. Today they became children of God. Though I was coughing and felt like I could hardly speak, God's voice was nearly shouting out of my lips for almost an hour. I didn't have a plan or any idea what was going to happen. I've felt the whole time that God wanted to use us to bring salvation to this place. I've been frustrated that none had come to know Him. Today I wasn't looking for it, but by small things that I heard and noticed I felt like today was the day. I heard someone say the word salvation today and I felt like God saying that today it would happen.
A few from my Bible class were out on a camping trip with their church. Another student told me he would be busy and couldn't make it. I didn't feel well, and I didn't feel like God was giving me anything to share with the rest of the class. The teachers of an advance English class, Grace and Campbell, asked me if I would appear in their class for a question and answer time. I didn't know if it would be right to cancel class, but I felt like God had something in store for me in the English class. I'm glad I listened to what God was saying. Here are their questions. Where is Jesus from? What happen to people don't accept Jesus? When God was born? How many siblings does Jesus have? What does buybol (scripture) mean. How God is help us when we make sin? If some one who death, their must go to the heaven or not? How do we know God love us? Where is God? I want you to tell me about your God story? Why you think your God is the best? That gave me more than enough to get excited and passionate about. I felt God speaking through me the whole time. Not that I didn't fumble my words here and there, but God was working in that room. At the end of the class I invited those who wanted to pray after me. "God thank you for dying on the cross for me sin." By this point I didn't hear anyone and after I said the next line I heard the whispers of three students who were giving their lives for Jesus. "I know I'm a sinner. Thank you for dying for my sins. I believe that you are the one true God. I believe you died and rose again taking the punishment for my sin." Once I heard those whispers I was so excited I almost forgot what to say to lead them in the prayer. One of the guys came to me after and told me what he had done and asked me to pray for him and to pray a "bleshing" over him. His name is Pisat and you can pray for him. He's been interested and has asked questions since the beginning of the quarter. I told Grace and Campbell that he was going to turn to Jesus a while back. I don't know why I said it, maybe because he was asking great questions. But today was the day and God allowed me to be the one to lead Him to the best decision he'll ever make. God doesn't need me but I love that He wants to use me. Today was a good day.
wow pauly! i love this story! thanks.
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