Thursday, July 28, 2005

Revelations of God

Hey Guys

We are now in Belgrade, which is Q-Q-Quality. I'm bowled over by God. Me and Jon were having a few revelations today that i thought i might share with you:

There's a limit to how much you can truly believe theology like "Its God's story and we are just part of it, he uses us, its not about seeing things its about planting seeds and building, God works in mysterious ways, his spirit transcends from us as we travel from place to place etc." We try as hard as we can to believe this, but somehow there is always that part of you that is not quite convinced. But now i have seen God, i have experienced all these things, We've been in places that are raw and where perhaps seeds haven't been sewn into the cities, and we've felt their pain and hurt, and interceeded for them from that hurt, and we are now in a place that has had a 24-7 team here on short term missions for 4 years, and there is a hardcore evangelical called Radovan pioneering a church here, and you can feel (and i mean feel in your gut!) the work that God is doing here, and how much spiritual building has been going on here already, how barriers have been broken and powers brought down through hours of prayer, its awesome stuff and for me a kind of 'coming of age' discovery. You kinda say to yourself "Hey, this is actually true!". A teacher of mine at GSA (Guildford School of Acting, mine and Chris' college) has talked before about how knowledge is a practical thing, its not reading books and memorising information, its methods and teachings which have been proved through your own actions, theorising is different to knowledge and understanding, see 1 John. I can now say 100% that this is true, and if you want to know more about your faith, if you want to see God move, if you want to feel his heartbeat for friends, cities etc, live mission. Mission should be at the heart of our faith, and of course, at the heart of Mission is worship for our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.


All Love and Thanks for your prayers and support,

Christopher

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