God's Amazing Hand

What a week this has been! I am in the middle of Beth Moore Bible study on the book of James and with no surprise God has rocked my world with his sovereignty.  He amazes me constantly how intricately woven the details in our lives are where he has divine appointments with him.  


Wednesday was a busy day for me. I was attempting to prepare for our "Uganda room" at church for Missions night but everything else seemed to be getting in the way.  I was getting email after email of things that needed my immediate attention.  With everything going on, I had let my daily time with the Lord wait and I finally got to sit down and do it around four o'clock in the afternoon, when there were five squealing kids in my house. What was I thinking! BUT God! He knew every detail like He always does and He knew the exact time that I would be ready to hear from him.  When I opened up my book to day three in our James study what do you think it was on....yep, James 1:27. How huge is our God! I began to read, "religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."  Beth really dug deep into the definition of being "religious." It was such a special moment for me because the Lord was completely preparing my heart for the ministry we were going to be doing that night.  I got through my study and just stopped right where I was and prayed.  I told the Lord that I knew that He didn't do this just for me, He wanted me to respond and DO something.  That is part of what James is saying in the entire book, don't just be hearers but be DOERS of the Word.  I begged God to show me what that was. Lord what does this look like? I'm going to talk with people tonight about Uganda and I'm going to share my heart and what you are doing in that country.  What else do you want me to do? All I could think about was a video that I had seen that ROCKED my world.  It may be the best video I've ever seen that truly shares the road that God has brought Paul and myself down.  We have in no way "arrived" but we are striving with everything in us to listen to the Lord and do exactly what He tells us to do.  So, I leave you with this video.  If you have already seen it, great! Pray and ask the Lord what this means for you. If you haven't seen it yet, I hope it means something to you and it gives you a glimpse into the Father's love for "the least of these."