A Good Word

We had a guest speaker at Church this morning. He is the head of the "Book of Hope" Ministry that gets Bibles into Countries all over the world.

His main message was that God desires for us to live in His wisdom and power. Many times we get too busy to ask and wait on these specific things from the Lord. He told story after story of specific times when the Lord told him to do a specific thing and God proved Himself faithful.

My favorite story goes like this. After spending a good deal of time traveling internationally, He is flying from Moscow to St. Petersburg, then returning to the U.S. for a much awaited reunion with his wife and Kids. While in flight to St. Pete, God tells him to go to another city in Russia, that he had never heard of. Although he didn't want to, he changed destinations when he landed at the St. Pete. airport.

He showed up in the new town the following day. God directed him to a girl whose Father was the mayor of the town, which had 800,000 residents. He was inexplicable shown favor by the mayor, who asked for a book of hope to all of the kids in High School.

A few months later, he returned to this town, distributed the books, a six week crusade began and 28,ooo people were saved in the then communist country. All of it began with the Lord speaking to him while on a plane. He chose to be obedient and the Kingdom of Heaven was greatly impacted.

What a geat reminder he was to me.

As you go through your day, pray for wisdom and power, listen for God's voice, and then be obedient.