“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” - Isaiah 43:19 NIV This is the Lord telling Israel who He is, what great things He has done and what more He is about to do. (Read through Isaiah 42 & 43.) It’s the first time I’m tasked to preach in the Sunday service, mostly adults, families, and professionals, take note, 9AM! (so much for me who struggles in the morning, minsan, sorry na! 🤭) At first, it was an assignment given to me by senior pastor, when it was actually a God-given assignment. 🤍🥹 I’m comfortable preaching to young people, but not to the people beyond my age. I thought, “I’m too young. They might not believe God’s word if it’s spoken through me.” But every time, napaparepent agad ako because it is as if, I’m questioning GOD’S POWER to work through His very words, not mine. 👊🏻 It was like a punch in the face. ✌🏻 You know what? I get to love His Word even more. I don’t know that much, but I get to savor every thing the Lord reveals in His every words. As I study, I get to process my thoughts and what I’ve been learning, to my co-preachers. I learned from them and I get to do theology with them, too. It was a sermon on missions, but as I wrestle with His word, He pointed me to the most important thing: Who He is? Why can we all put our hope in Him? Establishing what the Scripture say about the ONE who calls us in this Great Mission—to make Him known and bring His hope to the ends of the earth, in every tribe, every nation. God’s word is weighty. We really cannot just take it lightly. And to me, who is comfortable with what’s in my plate, with my current space, I am not to take this weighty call lightly. Indeed, this is a new thing! I may not saw this coming, this new thing He is doing, but now He has already begun! 🥹🙌🏻 P.S. God, help me to rely on Your word, even in every preaching moment. May I always be in joy of preaching Your word to people, in and out of season, in every generation, in every nation! Grateful I was used to speak His word in this way. 🙌🏻 #bedtimestories #womanonamission #everycampus #everynation #MakeHimKnown https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-iFE0PV6d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
