I love having the opportunity to spend time with my students outside of the classroom. There is a lot of time for me to do this and I try to take advantage of it so that our friendships grow and we get to see Jesus’ work in our lives.
On Friday nights there is a youth group for the missionary teens here in our area. This is a time where we can come together and worship God looking into his Word, enjoying one another’s company, and praying and singing.
I have the privilege of leading our time in the Bible for these next few Fridays. We will be looking into a few of Jesus’ miracles so that we can know who Jesus is better and worship him as we see him more clearly.
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This past Friday, we looked at Jesus healing a man with many demons in Luke 8.
Students - Josh & Joseph
One thing I was particularly challenged by was how, after Jesus healed the man, he asked Jesus if he could stay with him and Jesus answer was “No, go back to your hometown and tell others about what I’ve done for you.” And that’s exactly what the man did.
He didn’t need any formal training to be a missionary, and he was going to a very difficult place, a place not only that hasn’t had much exposure to the gospel, but a place where the man was known for who he was. The people knew him and all of his past and dirt.
It might have been easier to huddle up with Jesus and his boys and go to somewhere new, but he was called to his hometown. This is often the most difficult are for me to share of Jesus work because that hasn’t been my usual pattern for the last 22 years.
My prayer is that we would see the great and miraculous work that Jesus has done in our lives (bringing us from death and judgement to life and liberation) and that that would lead us to delighting in Jesus so much that breaking old habits would be joy giving and telling of what the Lord has done would be would happen easily.
