Usually Friday nights mean getting dressed up for a night on the town or maybe going to a movie, but in India it means throw on your Indian clothes and walk through the dirt and the dust to pray for people. I am not going to lie, I did not want to wake up from my nap and go walk around for three hours to pray for people that I probably wouldn't see get healed. My attitude was far from what it should have been. Who am I to say I wont see people get healed? Who am I to think the God of the Universe wont show up in India?
After my team prayed over the night, I started to feel more energized to go walk around. I had forgotten that it's not about what I see, it's about what I believe can happen. Maybe God won't heal people in front of our eyes, but He is there and our prayers may have started the healing process. Whether we see the results or not, our prayers are powerful and God is moving through us.
I remember praying over a lady who asked for prayer of her body and home because there was demonic presence. I will admit that I was a little scared to pray for her because I had no idea what to expect, but what happened was something I had never even thought about. God placed an overwhelming joy in her heart. As we all walked away she had the biggest smile on her face and a light in her eyes that wasn't there before. It wasn't until later that night that I had realized God performed a miracle in that women's heart. Perhaps for the first time she felt joy or maybe she now has hope in a hopeless nation. What ever God did, it was awesome, and it was evident, and now she can be a light in this jaded world.
Sometimes it is hard for me to believe that God uses people to do His work. He has the power to do it all Himself, but He chooses to work through us. I am constantly reminded about how God used Moses, who had a stuttering problem and felt inadequate, to deliver the Jews from Egypt. He equipped Moses with his brother Aaron, and many other things, and used Moses as a vessel to do His work. God does the same thing with our team. He provides what we need to go out into the villages and pray over people. He provides a translator, energy, strength, people, ect.. He is just so awesome and I can't get over how perfect and mighty He is.
written: march.18.2011
