I always had a feeling in my heart that God's will was for us to go. I was never worrried or scared. I had a contentment in my heart about God's sovereignty. It was hard to wait, though. Not knowing was the hardest part. However, God called us to step out on faith...to step out on his promises. By faith on Monday, we had our "packing party". By faith on Tuesday, we prayed and packed our personal bags. Wednesday, by faith we accepted God's will. By faith on Thursday, we sent Mr. Hinton to Houston (with much prayer added) and packed, prayed, and prepareed. And today, by fiath, we boarded our plane in Montgomery and headed to Atlanta. By faith, we waited and watieed at gate B20 for the "visa dude" to come.....and we didn't even know if he had them. This sounds like Hebrews 11 to me!
If God has taught me one thing, he requires us to trust Him and believe in His promises and continue to move forward in His will. Even when we can't see a few steps in front of us. The way may be foggy....even dark, but we must step out IN FAITH (to say again) on His word, promises, and love. There is nothing else He requires of us. If you want to know the truth, I feel like I'm living out a missionary biography right now. You know they say all the time things like "and we knew we didn't have the funds, but we decided to purchase this......we didn't have enough to share, but we gave anyway....etc. etc. etc" And God always came through; they stepped out on Him, and He provided because He never leaves His children. This whole visa saga has been an example of that.
As another thought, I've seen how God REALLY doesn't work on man's time. He works on His own. He doesn't work based on our clock or schedule....but upon His own...........which I like better.
Thanks for all your prayers. They are precious and lovely in the sight of God.
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There is no doubt in my mind that God was using the situation with the visas to strengthen the faith of the team as well as the faith of those praying for all of you. We may never Know exactly why He did what He did but we DO know that He had a plan and He was in 100% control at all times. Anyway, I'm so glad the situation with the visas was cleaned up and you guys got off okay. I know that God will use all of you in a mighty way, I can't wait to hear all the stories when you get back. All of you are in our prayers and we hope to see you back safe on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Jordan, I've never seen the word waited spelled like watieed. Haha. Very cool spelling. Anyway, hope to see all of you soon.
In Christ Alone,
Andrew Sumner