Monday, October 8, 2012
Knock, knock.
When God Comes Calling
"Look, the LORD your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has spoken to you; do not fear or be discouraged."- Deuteronomy 1:21
Knock, knock.
Who's there? ...
How does God Almighty speak to us mere mortals? Sure, all of Creation shouts His presence, and that inner sense inside us that tells us that there is definitely more to this life than what all the rest of this world has been telling us. His written Word, the Bible? Absolutely. Every bit from the beginning of the Book to the end. It trains us to know Truth from anything else that claims to be and isn't. Prayer. That special time I take to tune my internal-dial into His Presence and will. And, sometimes, He speaks back. You hear Him, whether inside or out doesn't matter. It's Him, not you. And you know it. It matches His written Word, it aligns with His character, it's Him calling the impossible into existance in your life: "In two years time you'll be a missionary to Scotland." How do you respond? One would think that at that point a halo popped out over my head, I serenely smile up to heaven and respond sweetly, "Speak, Lord, your handmaiden is ready and willing." Nope. I screamed, and dropped to the kitchen floor saying, "Don't lie to me!!" >sigh< So much for being an angelic saint, and no God didn't zap me dead right then for calling Him a liar. You see, all my life I've had this growing, unrepressive desire to go to the U.K., particularly Scotland. That's nigh on four decades of wanting and waiting...and waiting. God's ways are SO beyond our ways. Some clarity here: the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Yahweh, the Lord Jesus Christ and His precious Holy Spirit, King of kings and Lord of lords, the one true God. So after apologizing profusely to Him for calling Him a liar and picking up my one mustard seed of faith off the floor, I began hoping and believing that God had finally opened the door that I'd knocked on so many times before. Well, one year later to the day I received official confirmation that I was approved to be a Missionary Associate to Glasgow, Scotland. And now I'm walking by faith through that second year as I gather together by His hand the means necessary to get me there and keep me there. Deuteronomy 1:21 has been a blessing and an encouragement to me. Clarity again, this is not a worldly, military conquest. This is simply bringing the love of Jesus Christ to where God has drawn my heart for decades: Scotland and the United Kingdom.
With all my heart, for God & Glasgow,
Crystal
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