I was reading a daily devotional in "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers this morning, and wanted to share what I learned. Chambers writes, "As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and physically gratifying possibilities will open up before you. These are things that are yours by right, but if you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God make your choice for you." (May 25; yes, I am a little behind). God's ways are higher than our ways, and his thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). He will never lead us down the wrong path, and He knows what is best for us, even if we cannot see it. I have been reminded over and over again to be on guard so that choosing good things do not get in the way of choosing the best thing. God has the best for me, and I need to be careful not to choose things that seem good to me, thereby forfeiting the best. Over and over again this year, God has reminded me in so many ways the only way that I can be free, the only way right way to live, is to be fully surrendered to Him and His ways. By his grace, day by day, I am learning this. And, "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6).
Thank you for your prayers and support. I know that God has some big plans for all of the Acts 1:8 teams going out this summer to serve in His name. Pray that we will be faithful, and will completely surrender ourselves and our plans to Him. I pray that each and every one of you will have a great summer, one full of learning, growth, service, rest, and the blessing of God's presence.
We also have a team blog, located at: http://acts18east.wordpress.com/. We will all take turns posting updates and sharing what we learn over the summer. I encourage you to check this page out, to get more that just my perspective about what is going on with our team.
Faithfully,
Sara
