We’re back from Venezuela
Well, we’ve been back from Venezuela for a couple of days now and God is still working in my life and among those who went on the trip. You know we Americans have so much and not even realize it until we go somewhere else like Venezuela. Many of us or maybe I should say none of us can be content with where we are or what we have. But yet so many people around the world are very content and happy with all they have. But this is not the only thing God showed me or spoke to me about. The second thing he reminded me or maybe even shown me for the first time is that we as Christians have a “great power” within us. We hold a very strong key or power and so many times we do not use it or we use this power in the wrong ways. This power we hold or have is the fact that we have Christ. If we stand back and think about it we have the power for so many things if what we are using it for is of God’s will for our lives. As we were in Venezuela I saw much of the power I posses in Christ. We would walk up to a door and say “Burenas” and a person would come to the door. We were able to see the power we have by watching people weep over the fact that they prayed for someone to come and share Christ with them or how to have what some others had. Or even say “I was hoping someone would bring me a bible, I’ve never had one.” But to see this power of the Holy Spirit working in lives was amazing. We see this same power in Moses’ life in Exodus 4:2 when God askes Moses, “What is that in your hand?” and Moses replied “a staff,” this staff Moses had in his hands is a tool God used to free the Israelites from the Egyptians. We have a tool we can use if only we would use it and that is the Holy Spirit and God’s word. It was amazing to see people start crying as they realized through the Holy Spirit that the witch craft they were following was not right or the fact that they were separated from God and needed Him for that relationship. We hold a staff in our hands, the staff of God’s word and the Holy Spirit, and yet we do nothing with it on a daily basis or even a lifetime. At some point in time we have to realize this “power” we hold as we live our lives for Christ and see other lives changed because of us “using that power” for God’s glory and seeing people come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
So, one question for you. . . . .
Are you using the “power” God has given you to share with others?
