Equipping of the Saints

We have never been so challenged to dig in and pursue a deeper walk with the Lord. How humbling it is to sit in a room with such Christian giants; those who not only know the Word, they've written books and curriculum on it, taught in seminaries, served previous years overseas. We've heard testimony after testimony of how God has delivered, provided for and made Himself known to the lost of the world. We hear stories of men and women who have lost their lives so that others may hear. Lives given, not taken. When they answered the call on their lives, they laid their lives down, a sacrifice to the Lord. "For it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" Gal. 2:20.

Tears run down my face as I hear a story of a woman who just lost her husband and daughter in a drowning accident; after her husband's body is brought ashore, natives gather to see; like Peter in Acts 3:12, she saw her opportunity and preached the Gospel to them, asking them where they would be if that was them laying in the sand. These people heard of God's love for the very first time from a woman who had every reason to think only of herself at the time. My prayer is that I would only be so strong, and that I would not let even those small moments go by when I can share His love, hope, atonement, and light with someone in the dark.