As I shared with you in our update on Day 2, God is in the business of using ordinary people. When God is about to do something extra ordinary, He looks to see if He can find some ordinary person or people whose heart belongs to God and who will be obedient and do the thing God wants to be done. We see this when we look at the life of Abraham, or the life of Noah, or the life of Moses, and the lives of many men and women God used in the Bible.
God’s Word says, “For the eyes of the Lord move to
and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is
completely His....” 2 Chronicles 16:9.
When
God finds someone who is willing to do what God wants to get done, God extends
an invitation to that person to join Him in what God is doing. God extended
that invitation to our family some 17 years ago on a business trip to Thailand.
After many confirmations that God wanted us to
move to Thailand and serve the Thai people, our family sold our home, cars,
etc. and boarded a plane bound for Thailand. We landed in Thailand on January
13, 1999 and have served the Lord here since that time. Here is a picture of
our family around that time. Our oldest, Jessica (now Jessica Davenport), was 9,
Elizabeth (now Liz Vaughn) was 6, Joshua was 1&1/2 and Hope was 7 months
pregnant with Caleb. The journey God has brought us on has been an awesome
journey. If we had to do it again, we would choose to follow God’s plans for our
lives again with no regrets. We are truly ordinary people but let me say very
clearly to you today that we serve an extra ordinary God who has great plans
for our lives. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you”
declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future.”
Has God been speaking to you about coming to serve
the Lord here with us? We could use some long term people as well as some folks
who would be willing to commit to serving for 2 years or more. If God is
extending an invitation to your heart, then the best thing you can do is answer
His invitation with “here I am Lord, send me.” If that is not what the Lord is
saying to you, would you pray that the Lord of the Harvest would send out laborers
for His harvest fields here. The fields are ripe for the harvest. Please take a
moment and watch this short 4 minute clip on “Go into the World.”
Here is the
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivGlqzgWI5o&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL60AB52A43BDA2CE7
There
are many roles and “ministry” opportunities but the first step is saying “Yes,
Lord, if you want me to go, I will go.” A second step would then be to write a
personal note to NTIM at pray4ntim@gmail.com
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer together.
Prayer Example:
“Oh, Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity you give ordinary people
like us to serve you for your extra ordinary purposes. We see, Lord, where you
are at work in and around Northern Thailand reaching many of the least reached
peoples in the world but we also recognize that the laborers are few. We ask
that you would raise up people who will go and serve You. We pray for those
reading these updates that you might call out some to go and that you might use
them to tell others about this great need. May you be pleased to call out
others to go and serve You through NTIM who are willing to let You use them in
extra ordinary ways to reflect your love and mercy to millions who have never
heard your message. We pray this in the name of our Lord Jesus. Amen.”
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