Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” Psalm 126:2
“There has probably never been a time in history when the majority of people were seriously seeking God. Our Bible sets before us the idea that God may use a minority to serve the majority. It is because of the faithfulness of the few, not the many, that the Christian faith has come down the ages to us and we have the chance to know God in this way. It has always been so. If God has called us and we want to respond to Him, then we must be faithful to our own vision, whatever the many think. But we must do it with open hearts and open arms, not safeguarding our fewness, our specialness. And we must do it in healthy laughter directed at ourselves, because really it is so ridiculous to think that God has chosen us for anything at all, even though it is true.”
Kate Tristram in Celtic Daily Prayer (New York: Harper Collins, 2002) 732.
Sweet meetings in Seattle. Deeply spiritual and profoundly strategic.
Funny to think that a group of eight have helped launch a mission sending gateway that has mobilized dozens of Chinese and Mongolians for Christian mission.
Yesterday was a full day, but the dinner at the end was filled with laughter.
Personally, as my season of service has drawn to a close, I can’t believe God gave me the opportunity to do this work with such a great group of people.
Maybe you have experienced a similar feeling at the end of a time of service?
As I reflect, I need open hands and open arms because this work has never been mine. It belongs to the LORD. All our work belongs to Him.
All we can do is sigh to realize the gift that it is to be on God’s team.