Glory Stories

"Let us not become weary of doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up"

Galatians 6:9

Missionaries love to see God's glory revealed and there are times when God does do amazing things in our presence. At those times, it's easy to write home and tell everybody about what God is doing and how ministry is growing the Kingdom. We love to see our friends come to know Christ and we are honored and humbled as God uses us to proclaim and live out His Gospel. God's 'glory stories' are no doubt encouraging and uplifting. They are useful in building up the body, so we tell them joyfully!

But our days overseas are not always filled with conversions and "holy glamour." We pack up our lives and move to where God wants to use us. When missionaries move overseas, they go and live life in a way the point others to Christ. This is the same living that many of our family and friends do everyday at 'home.' We have been lead and called to do it somewhere else, likely in a place where Christ is less known. Parts of living overseas are the same mundane tasks that you face living anywhere e.g. cost of living, where to live, learning how to get around town, where to buy groceries, doing laundry...etc. God provides for our every need as we serve Him, but we still have to learn how to live in a new place.

New Zealand is an amazing place to be serving God, it's true. God is at work here and God is growing His kingdom. Praise the Lord for the work He is doing, pray for us and pray that we do not become weary in doing good. Pray that as we live lives that point others to Christ, God's grace is upon us. Pray for Spiritual and physical protection. Pray for God's glory to be revealed in amazing ways and in everyday life. Look below to a post about how to pray for missionaries, it will be very helpful if your still unsure of how to pray. May God bless you as you serve Him in the place He is using you.

Sara Dekker- graduate from IWU, teaching music and serving in Auckland, New Zealand