9-21-2010 (Tuesday) – Watching God Work
I can’t help but reflect on this trip and look at how God worked in us and through us to share His mercy and grace and healing power. In all my trips I witnessed two things: 1. Being stretched to my limit and beyond, 2. God stepping in and performing a miracle before my eyes. I learned that when He invites me to walk with Him He always equips me for that walk. If the path before us is especially challenging, He either gives me the tools I need to get to the destination He pointed out or He just carries me. Either way I get to see His work play out in front of me or the challenges that look impossible just happen anyway.
Thinking back over the past twelve days I saw God work in the following ways:
- Preparing my heart for serving Him in some capacity. This includes the transition from work to retirement and the doors of opportunity that seem to be opening.
- Giving me the opportunity and time to know Him better.
- Allowing my eyes to drink in the magnificence of His creation as I was able to study simple things such as a beautiful flower and see the beauty of the mountains, especially the four snowcapped peaks that generally are invisible because of clouds.
- The new birth of life, a first for Clinica San Lorenzo.
- Correlation of the daily devotions to my own personal goal for this trip, the goal of knowing God more deeply.
- The sensitivity and boldness to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ with those who don’t know Him and the opportunity to see faith flower into the fruit of eternal life in those who responded.
- Seeing Beatriz, a miracle from 2004 that remains a miracle to this day.
- The provision of Viviana, our anesthesiologist.
- His hands wrapping around our hands and His thoughts guiding our thoughts as we performed several very difficult surgeries.
- The provision of a continual supply of water in the cistern when the main pump was not working in the middle of the dry season.
- The provision of reliable electrical power when we needed it.
- The rapid resolution (healing) of my fever and pancreatitis.
My immediate response to this list is the words of a favorite hymn, TO GOD BE THE GLORY, GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE.
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Amen!!!