Who said that Heaven alone is beautiful !!!

 

 

These legs of mine only for Jesus !!!
When the Spirit of the Lord moves in my heart I will dance like David danced!!

 

 

Earth is beautiful too...with Your presence Lord. Life makes meaning now Lord! Today a glorious thing happened ... need to share it ...

 

A call came to Auntie's mobile from a sister Estelle .." When is Pastor coming for VBS programme?"

Aunty received a 1000watts shock ... She thought the meeting was on 8th that was tomorrow and not today. Uncle wasn't prepared and we were expecting a visitor from church. Sister Estelle asked if at least Aunty would be able to come ..She too wasn't ready ..then the Lot fell on me...I shouted from my room...NOOOOOOO!!!! I told them nooo, I am not ready... At instantly a voice within me repeated the same words ... " I am not ready ?" I felt guilty that I wasn't ready... Oh God, I wasn't ready !!

 

Uncle called me and told me that I was a 'bayandakudi' meaning coward.. and yes, I was a coward! I went out in the premises for a walk and after almost completing a round, I began thinking ..when will I ever be ready! God ! I have disappointed You greatly today... yes greatly. I am so scared.. Lord ..how will I ever stand alone in a ministry for You? then I prayed a small prayer... Holy Spirit You made me pray this way.... the prayer was .."Lord, give me boldness..holy boldness".

 

Instantly, the fear disappeared and a zeal sprouted within me. and the task that seemed impossible suddenly became so light ..so possible...So, I rushed into the room to tell Uncle...He was washing his face.. I couldn't waste any time .... I had to call Sister Estelle if not She might arrange for something else. So, I called her telling that I would come alone and She asked me to come within 10 minutes. And then You Lord, used me in such a wonderful way ...since everything at home was ready ...the only thing I had to do was iron my clothes and get dressed. Auto arrived and flew to my assignment zone !

The kids were so excited and glad .the teachers had a free fat reduction class meaning the action songs drilled them... everybody participated and danced including the sound system in charge.

Oh my Heavenly Father !! thank You is such a small word to thank You !!

                          Its all About the Unseen !!!

 

All of us would love to ‘C’ the present and future.  Its strange and also justified that people of this world don’t understand the meaning of ‘living in Faith’

Many people have asked me and also persuaded me to believe that a life of Faith meaning living solely trusting God for all my needs is not only risky and also uncertain.

People !!!! trusting God in all things …for all our needs is the first message given in the Bible by Jesus when He was a teenager …

We find Him speaking to the temple priests about this. Jesus says that the God clothes the lilies of the valley and the takes care of the birds of the air and then how much will He do for us thus we need not worry…..This definitely doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t save …we shouldn’t earn !!! Yet living solely by Faith is an experience only a few get to live…coz many either doubt if God can do it or they haven’t heard this truth yet.

Recently one of my close friend asked me what was I doing for surviving !!! What a question !!:) I told the person…God provides all my needs ….. They asked me again…Jesse ..be serious ..tell me na !!!
That was all I could tell …God provides !!!

So let me share a few more on this…. Hudson Taylor, a figure who can never be wiped out from the Christian history , very early in  His life knew that God had called Him to live a life Tottaly dependent on Him. He thus, disciplined Himself in many ways …He would try to live with a minimum expenditure and God also brought him thourgh many circumstances in his life to help him learn it. For the past few years , God has been teaching me the same… People here You shouldn’t think or misunderstand that God wants us to be shabby, poor, lacking things …no not at all…God would always be very glad to provide much more for His children than for the people of this world. Yet, He wants us to live a simple life , a life not seeking the things of this world… He wants us to focus on the things eternal!,

There is this beautiful verse in Corinthians that says ‘a hope on things that is seen is not a hope at all’ . For some their need would mean a single T shirt and yes God  provides it, and for some it could be a Benz Mercedes  car!! Yes , and even that He provides.  As need of each person is different …..

Mathew 6: 31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Its so clear here…. The same God who said ….sin not !! also says ..be anxious for nothing…let me share a few instances in my life where God provided my need at the RIGHT time!!

There were times when I wanted or desired to send a gift to my parents…I would save some money yet due to even a small extra expenditure the calculation would be gone ……. Then in such times I would be much tempted to become anxious and worried, still I would rebuke my anxiety and choose to trust Him only  .. My Heavenly Father is always true to His word. And just a day before the appointed date or on the same morning I would not only get the money I needed …also at times double the amount. He provides our needs.

We were planning to go to ministry in Andaman Islands and due to late booking our flight charges went above our expectation - almost double the amount …and at the same time we were supposed to buy certain equipment for the ministry coz there in Andaman Islands, one couldn’t find all electronic gadgets as everything is shipped from Chennai…..so we had a huge expense ..moreover it was during Christmas time and we had other household expenses …. In this time ..i wished  to give an offering to a Sister who  frequently prayed for me … I couldn’t go to a servant of God with an empty hand. So, I was thinking what to do? I prayed and left the matter. Just a day before the day of our flight God miraculously gave me Rs 8000 just for my personal expenses in Andaman Island through someone and I could so easily take an amount from this for the offering.. God is great !!there are also other instances when I needed to pay my mobile bill that God would provide exactly how much I needed!! He is a caring Father.

No matter what happens , Lord help me not to quit. Let it never depart from my heart ..i will believe the UNSEEN !!
Yes, the living in Faith is not understood by many, yet it’s a life worth!!!!