Monday, February 2, 2015

"Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."

The last few months felt very dark and cold. Not just because of the winter, but the lack of fellowship that has always kept me so warm and ablaze. I was missing the prayer times and the raps that was my daily diet back home. My best friends in India who are GOD's faithful servants and all our conversations that revolved around testimonies and mission fields and biographies. It was around this time of discouragement that Judy, my new friend from church invited me to a Missions Fest. I thought to myself 'Missions Fest...I wouldn't miss that for anything in the world"

We went over to Canada Place on Saturday morning and I felt like Elijah. And the LORD who didn't rebuke Elijah for feeling alone, but encouraged him with this verse - "Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."

I stood in the midst of GOD's faithful and was overjoyed to know I'm not alone. Judy and I attended a praise session, we heard a message and then watched a documentary on Mozambique and for the first time I heard about the beautiful work of redemption there.

 
 While we sit in the comfort of our beautiful warm homes wondering why is there suffering in Mozambique or Somalia or Cambodia, real Christians decide to be like JESUS and go and do the work the LORD did in our lives. And not just half way around the world, but ever so often our mission is across our streets and within our hoods. And that was just the theme of the Missions Fest.

 

We walked around the exhibition area and looked at the various missionary organizations. Everyone together under one roof - so thrilling!

 
 I took a moment to worship the LORD in the midst of HIS faithful.... to think we all will be in Heaven together!
 
 
 
 
It's an honor to know that I am not alone in my discouragement and that GOD never leaves me to figure it out. HE knows the point of my discouragement and HE arranges everything to meet me just there...