Blog 005

Change of plans… or was this the plan all along 🇵🇬

As you may recall, a few weeks ago, we found out where each of us was headed on outreach. Although it was not my first choice, I was placed on the UK/Philippines Team.

For those of you who don’t know, I always imagined that I would go to Papua New Guinea (PNG). I remember standing in our courtyard about a month ago during Thursday morning intercession time, hearing the announcement of outreach locations and thinking, ‘I’m going to PNG, I know it’.

That was not what happened and the last 4 weeks have been quite a journey processing through the reality of dealing with my unmet expectation.

I can dive into the details at a later time for those who are curious to know how everything happened, but in a nutshell, within the last couple of days, the Lord opened doors for me to have some honest conversations which led to the opportunity to reconsider my outreach location. I could not believe this was even possible!

It was definitely a moment I’ll never forget but at last, after laying it all down, the Lord gave me the desire of my heart. I get to serve in PNG! It reminded me of Abraham being asked to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22. I realized a few things: God is kind, not cruel. He delights in our obedience and rewards it in ways we can’t imagine. He honors our every ‘yes’. Jesus is the reward and He is better than anything we can ever have or do. And God loves to make us happy; with Him, there’s no such thing as ‘too good to be true’. We just need to obey God and leave the outcomes to Him.

How sweet it is to trust God with our desires and better yet with our whole lives. Isn’t it like Jesus, to turn it all around, just in the nick of time? All He ever wanted was our hearts.

What a joy it is to journey with Jesus ❤️