Last Sunday at church I was able to talk for a little bit about the woman I'll be working with in Liberia. She is truly a hero. She has overcome the horror of learning of the murder of her brother, the horror of watching both of her parents and her sister murdered and then being separated from the only other living member of her nuclear family, her other brother. She survived 15 years of living at the whims of violent, desparate men...and somewhere in all of this ordeal she cried out to God and He heard her.
She became a Christian, she now had a Father, she had a Protector and Friend. She had a Savior who invited her into His rest. How??? Well, when I meet with Marthalene next month I'll be better able to answer that question, but for now I've got to believe that the over arching answer is that she could come into God's rest because of the new faith she had came with the practical help of a godly man to look after her. Matthew became Marthalene's friend and protector. Eventually they were married and today they work side by side in their community, Matthew is a Pastor and Marthalene, as his wife, helps with the church and with a school they run for the many orphans who were coming to them.
Faith from God coupled with practical help coming through the love and obedience of other believers. I think that God intended this marriage of "faith" and "practical help" to act in unision in order for His Kingdom to spread. If this is so than it's clear what side of the equation we all stand on. I cannot give anyone faith. God alone can do that. But when He ordains that practical help to come to the person He is blessing with faith, then that means He could be calling your number.
When you hear your number called, what will you do?
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