I don't usually use this blog as a platform to share my thoughts but felt an urgency to do so today. These past few weeks have been consumed with the activities involved in preparing for the "planting season" here in the Southern Hemisphere. It was during the planting of one field that i suddenly realized the "potential" the seed-filled bucket I was carrying contained. Sure it is just seed, but with some encouragement and the proper inputs it has the capability to become the very thing it was created to be. And when that seed's potential is coupled with that of hundreds of other seeds.........I am sure you get the picture.
Habakuk 2:14....
For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 3:18....
So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and "reflect" the glory of the Lord. And the Lord - who is the Spirit - makes us more and more like Him as we are changed into His glorious image. (emphasis mine)
Here in Chikankata we are believing for the inheritance of a nation -- the Tonga peoples of both Zambia and Zimbabwe. We want to be able to see and steward the responsibility of allowing God to use our presence in revealing the fullness of their "potential" as His children.
What about you.....can you see the "potential" in the things and the people the Father has surrounded you with. Jesus did.....His life exuded an atmosphere that caused those around Him to become aware of the potential the Father had placed in each of them. As we "imitate Paul who imitates Christ", the question becomes do our lives accomplish the same.
Take a moment to pause and think about the potential God has laid before us in 2013....thnx again for partnering with us in seeing "Southern Africa filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord"...more to come.....
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