Lean on GOD’s grace; Live by GOD’s truth
Written by: Mbabazi Okafor
I began writing this blog post with no solid ideas for a topic. All the other intern blogs I’d skimmed seemed simple, but profound and beautiful. With little inspiration, I decided to pray. Within minutes, the Holy Spirit helped me realize that this is exactly what I needed to write about. I needed to be honest: I had nothing. However, good inspiration for anything I’ve ever done has never come from me but the LORD.
Lean on GOD'S grace.
Now halfway through camp, I began to feel like I wasn’t doing enough to share the gospel with the kids. Instead of beating myself up over missed opportunities, I'm grateful that the LORD has shown me that great things don't happen “by might, nor by power, but by [His] Spirit” (Zechariah 4:6). For example, the 12 year old boy who exclaimed, “yes!” when we gave him his very own Bible. Or 4 other kids who asked for Bibles in the first week of Camp. Or a 7 year old girl confessing that she's been praying for an older girl who was being mean to her. Or the conversation I had with a TLC (teens leading communities) about our experiences with faith.
Live by GOD’s truth
I am excited and touched by the 5 kids who received Bibles. I came to faith through reading a Bible given to me by a guest speaker at church. I think it’s important to have one to call your own. One of the girls told me she had been doing the recommended reading plan that came with the Bible, another says she reads every morning and evening. In this way we trust in the LORD for big things to happen in their lives.
Although we are not GOD and cannot move someone's heart towards Him, we still must take a step for little miracles to happen. Being faithful in prayer, faithful in presence, and faithful to the Holy Spirit’s promptings is equally as important . In other words live by GOD's Truth found in His Word.
“And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. ”
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. ”