This week after our arrival in Thailand we have been serving the Karen people who live by the border between Thailand and Mynmar. They live in the jungle in poorly constructed huts. They have nothing at all. I began to ask myself what have I to offer them? I know nothing that would help them and make their lives better. The fact of this scared me tremendously.
Then I started thinking about my life back home in Philly and everything that I have that they do not. How is this fair? How can I, a person who has so much, reach out to those who have so little. It was then that I realized that I have nothing to offer them but it is the Jesus in me that offers them everything.
I can share with them how Jesus can provide for all of their needs. I can share stories of how he has worked in my life and taken care of my needs. He is there and ready to be their everything and remove the pain and sadness from their lives and replace it with His joy.
This completely takes the pressure off of me when it comes to witnessing to them. No longer do I need to be concerned to say the “right” thing because God already knows what they need to hear and will reveal that to them through me. I am a vessel bearing the good news for them to receive.
This does not remove responsibility from me though. It is my job to be in communication with my Savior. I cannot go and show Him if I do not first know Him. This is a lesson that is completely humbling to me as a prideful human being. I like to imagine myself as being a Savior to these people and be able to fix all of their probelms on my own and then turn them over to God. The reality of this is that God is in control of their lives from the very beginning and I have nothing to do with that. I am now content with knowing and serving an amazing God!
