"That Your way may be known..."

I have a journal that is filling up with exciting verses such as this:

Ps. 67:2 "That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among the nations."


Rev. 15:4 "For all the nations shall come and worship before You."


Ps. 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"


Rev.21:6 "I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts."


Rev. 11: 15 "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"


Rev. 7:9 "Behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb...crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

I love exclamation points in scripture! They just resound with praise to the King of Kings, and I greatly desire for my life to be like that- an exclamation point for the kingdom of God!

God is arming me with strength, and making my way perfect. I love that His way for me is perfect, and that He is not just sending me down this path to walk it alone- but that I can cling to His hand and let Him lead me the entire way. It is definitely not an easy path to take...each day I realize how surrounded I am on the right and left by the lies of the enemy and the comforts and temporary joys (even seemingly *good* things) that could be mine should I choose to forsake my Jesus and the difficult path ahead of me. I must be constantly watching, and keep my eyes on Him at all times.

Today I heard a report from a missionary in the capitol city of this country I hope to be living in soon. The people of this country are storytellers- it's part of their tradition. They love stories. The missionaries there are simply relating stories from God's word and then these stories are being taken to all their friends and family and being retold over and over again. One young man came to the missionary and said "I need you to tell me more stories so I can tell them to my friends!".

Hearing this gets me so excited. I love seeing how God is using my past several years of ministry to children as a catalyst for the gospel in a country where much of the openings for churches to be planted in new, unreached areas seems to be through doing simple Bible clubs with children. So far in this past month- three schools have asked native believers to come and teach weekly Bible classes to the children "because they love singing the songs and hearing the stories". These songs and stories then are brought home to their families, and when the native pastor connects with the families and talks about God the children then affirm everything the pastor has shared by saying that they, too, have already heard this and believe it!

Super, super exciting. :)

Something else that is a huge blessing to me right now is the support of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I know that though I may be one person that is available to go across the world to an unreached people group, I am not one- but the prayers of my brothers and sisters in Christ are desperately needed for the truth of the gospel to sweep across this entire country and for God's Kingdom purposes to be brought about in this country. Pray for laborers for the harvest. Pray for entire families and villages to be transformed by the gospel.  Pray for a church in every village. Pray for missionaries to someday (soon!) be sent out from this country to neighboring countries. Pray for the glory of God! Pray, and do not cease....that His way may be known in the earth!