Wednesday, June 15, 2011
No Backup Plan
Since moving to Mozambique, we have learned to depend on God for everything. If God does not show up there, we are dead. In the Western Church we decorate the alter, sing another amazing song, wave another flag, turn on the coloured lights and smoke machines, and sit in a very comfortable chair.
Some of these things can be wonderful expressions of creativity and ingenuity. They can, however, become backup plans. What we need most is to be totally dependent on God showing up. We need his pure presence.In our poor Mozambican mud-hut churches, we have to have God show up and we have to have fresh food or no one will come. People wouldn't want to come to church for the carpets because, even if we had them, they would be full of dirt and bugs! People come to church to dance, to rejoice, to sing, to meet with God, and to be healed and delivered.
If God doesn't show up, no one else will enter. If God does not heal, we will be dead. If God does not deliver, demons will torment the people to death. We have no fund-raising backup scheme if God does not take care of our children and provide for our needs. We can't and won't go on. Each day we depend on Him for our daily bread to feed the multitudes. We rely on God. In Jesus we have all that we need.
Reference: Compelled by Love. Heidi Baker
by Jeremy at 4:18 PM |
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