God's Perfect Timing
I have been here in the Philippines for three months now and God has been doing such amazing things in my life. I have so many testimonies to share but I have just been so busy lately. Also, I had been writing on a new blog called "Kat's Philppine Adventure" :) So make sure to check that out.
One thing that I want to share is about God's perfect timing. He really taught me a lesson, and even though I know the concept of God's perfect timing, I had never really experienced it so bluntly before. I had visited my aunt's house when I first arrived and I had shared with her the vision of the Orphanage that the F.I.S.H.E.R.S. Ministries would be building and the mission trip I was going to take part in as well as some of the things God has been doing in my life. Immediately, she started telling me about her religious experiences and how much she was seeking God but was failing. Of course, I had offered for her to come to church with me and even to do a bible study with her, she was very excited about it. She even went as far as telling me that perhaps I was here in the Philippines for her to get to know God better.
So after the mission trip I would text her to come to service with me and every time I did she would reply with a different excuse. She would either say that she was out of town or that she had left her phone at home so she wasn't able to reply, etc. Deep inside, I know that she had been sincerely excited about coming with me to service but I had a feeling that someone had discouraged her about going. I kept texting her anyway, because I knew that she was desperate for God.
One day, I had had enough. It had been several weeks of me inviting her and I didn't want to be a nag. So I invited her one last time. I even said on the text that it would be my last time asking her. To my surprise she actually decided to go. When I went to our meeting place, I was surprised to see that she had brought her son along with her. She said that he would be attending with us because he happened to be in town and staying with her.
During the service, I would look at them through the corner of my eye to see if they were okay or if they felt out of place. During the end of the service where the Pastor offers to pray the prayer of salvation to those who had not yet been saved, I prayed fervently to God. I didn't know heir situation, but I knew what their solution was. I asked God for even just one of them, even just one! To my amazement, my aunt's son raised his hand. I felt like I was struck with awe! God's timing is truly perfect!
To think that out of frustration I had told my aunt, it would be the last time I would be inviting her to church with me. The time that I did, it so happened that her son would be coming with her. Her son that found out the Truth, her son that found out there was an emptiness that was inside of him that only God can fill. Her son was saved! In God's great orchestration of the things that happen in our lives, how small is our way of thinking? I was sure taught a lesson! Even though I know my aunt still needs God in her life, it wasn't God's time for her, but it was God's timing for her son.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. "- Isaiah 55:8-9
One thing that I want to share is about God's perfect timing. He really taught me a lesson, and even though I know the concept of God's perfect timing, I had never really experienced it so bluntly before. I had visited my aunt's house when I first arrived and I had shared with her the vision of the Orphanage that the F.I.S.H.E.R.S. Ministries would be building and the mission trip I was going to take part in as well as some of the things God has been doing in my life. Immediately, she started telling me about her religious experiences and how much she was seeking God but was failing. Of course, I had offered for her to come to church with me and even to do a bible study with her, she was very excited about it. She even went as far as telling me that perhaps I was here in the Philippines for her to get to know God better.
So after the mission trip I would text her to come to service with me and every time I did she would reply with a different excuse. She would either say that she was out of town or that she had left her phone at home so she wasn't able to reply, etc. Deep inside, I know that she had been sincerely excited about coming with me to service but I had a feeling that someone had discouraged her about going. I kept texting her anyway, because I knew that she was desperate for God.
One day, I had had enough. It had been several weeks of me inviting her and I didn't want to be a nag. So I invited her one last time. I even said on the text that it would be my last time asking her. To my surprise she actually decided to go. When I went to our meeting place, I was surprised to see that she had brought her son along with her. She said that he would be attending with us because he happened to be in town and staying with her.
During the service, I would look at them through the corner of my eye to see if they were okay or if they felt out of place. During the end of the service where the Pastor offers to pray the prayer of salvation to those who had not yet been saved, I prayed fervently to God. I didn't know heir situation, but I knew what their solution was. I asked God for even just one of them, even just one! To my amazement, my aunt's son raised his hand. I felt like I was struck with awe! God's timing is truly perfect!
To think that out of frustration I had told my aunt, it would be the last time I would be inviting her to church with me. The time that I did, it so happened that her son would be coming with her. Her son that found out the Truth, her son that found out there was an emptiness that was inside of him that only God can fill. Her son was saved! In God's great orchestration of the things that happen in our lives, how small is our way of thinking? I was sure taught a lesson! Even though I know my aunt still needs God in her life, it wasn't God's time for her, but it was God's timing for her son.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. "- Isaiah 55:8-9
posted by Kat | 10:45 AM
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Andun ata aku nun eh. Sino nga ba yun? Hehehe!!!!
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