How Heavy Is Your Cross?
Paul testified the purpose of the cross in His life saying “that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us” 2 Corinthian 4:7. And down the same passage Paul explains how heavy it is “we are hard pressed on every side yet not crushed, we are perplexed, but not in despair persecuted, but not forsaken…..always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body”.
Ministry is all about carry the cross, the passion which Christ had and still has for his people. The cross which Jesus had carried represents the visible passion for the Lost (the world). Those who carry the cross in their lives, it goes beyond their will. The good example is Christ who desired not his own will to be done, but the father’s will. This month the Lord is still stirring my heart with this passion and I praise the Lord that He is bring about spiritual growth by growing my passion. My experience with the Luke Commission here in Swaziland was very challenging to me. We joined them on an outreach. These people have a heart for the people, their ministry is reaching the remote areas to provide medical attention to the locals. I feel in my spirit that we had just shared the same love of God which has been poured out in our heart by the Holy Spirit (Roman 5:5).
We have been reading the book titled Cross-culture Servanthood by Duane Elmer, the author points out that “You can’t serve someone you don’t understand” (Pg147). That’s my prayer to be a blessing to people of Swaziland so that God in heaven may be lifted up.
Last week we had gone to Emafini, a place where people who had been in addiction on drugs. We painted the classroom for these young men who now desire righteousness in this present age.
Indeed the word of God is not just in word but in power, in action by extending your arms to service of any kind which will ministry grace to the surrounding people.
O God let your servant be in tune to your will, so that I may offer to you a nice fragrance before your face. O Lord let me be a faithful servant to you before I offer any service to your people because you desire obedience than sacrifice.
Please pray for us and our ministry here. Pray that those we spend most of our time with, might see Christ in us, because seeing Christ in us is what matters most. And that will mean we have touched their lives. People need restoration, the restoration which we ourselves have witnessed upon our lives when Christ had brought that morning star in our hearts.
