Our teacher for the week, Jan Honningdal!
God is full of surprises. I never really know just what I'm getting into when He tells me to do something. He always leaves out parts, which is probably very smart on His part because I may not do what He wants me to then. Ha! That being said, I got a pretty big surprise this week. At the beginning of the week, Mary, Mirjami and I were in our room getting ready for bed and Mary says to me, "Sarah, theres something I'd like you to pray about". Last time she said that, I moved to Finland. Well this time wasn't much different. She asked me to pray about leading the outreach for the school.
Now anyone who knows me really well knows that it takes me quite some time to calm my mind down to go to sleep. And thats just on any normal night, but add something like this!! Ha! Sleep can pretty much be considered impossible. So I told her I would pray about it. Everything within me was freaking out. Staffing the school is one thing. It's easy to just help out where needed, but to lead something you've never led before. Yikes! So I escaped to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face and freak out to God. Well I got in the bathroom, locked the door and went to open my mouth to give God every excuse in the book as to why I am not fit to lead this outreach when I clearly heard Him say, "Sarah, you know you're supposed to do this so don't even start speaking out excuses". How can you argue with that??? Well you can't. So I was able to go to bed with an answer which I gave to Mary the next day.
Our outreach will be to Iceland and the Faroe Islands. God has been speaking so much to me already. During one of my quiet times, God started speaking a ton of things to me about outreach. He's giving me such a heart and passion for this time in these countries. I'm really excited about it. Nervous but excited. We are a small team (me and 3 students), but God has really challenged me to not think about our numbers. God + us is always the majority! I know it's going to be so great. I look forward to how much I myself am going to learn during this time. God also really put it on my heart to start writing songs based on scripture so I can sing out His word! I told Him to give me scriptures so that I could do this, and since then, two people have emailed me with verses that God gave them for me! He's so freakin faithful! I know that He will be with me on every step of this outreach. Every decision He will make with me. He will be my guide and give me wisdom for every situation. I trust Him.
This is the verse God gave me to remember whenever I feel like I can't do this:
"No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:5-9
What can I say. He's good and I love Him.
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