For a few weeks, I've been struggling to stay motivated in all of my school work. I was feeling like I really just didn't want to do college anymore; I just wanted to leave for Africa; I felt like I was just wasting time where I'm not getting anything done for God. I couldn't come up with a reason why God would give me such a strong passion for this right now other than that He wants me there right now. My heart has been stolen by these people I've never met, and these places I've only seen in pictures and in dreams. Its been consuming my thoughts so much more than it should be. I can't help myself--Godly passion leads to AMAZING things. And this passion in my heart is so sick of being shoved back down inside of me; it pushes harder every time it re-surges. Its as persistent as the voice of the Lord that young Samuel heard when he was living with Priest Eli. And I was stuck here. Waiting. Just like so many people before me.
But this Sunday, I found my passion for nursing. The message was on Mark 1:21-45. Jesus healed people left and right. That's one of the biggest needs of The Kingdom. God's heart for the sick and wounded is so beautifully portrayed in Mark 1:41-44:
"Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. 'I am willing,' He told him. 'Be made clean.' Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed. Then He sternly warned him, sent him away at once, telling him, 'See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them" (HCSB).
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him.--Jesus cared deeply about everyone. These words stir something up in my soul that I just can't explain. They put me on the brink of tears of joy-my Savior loved this leper enough to touch him. He loves me the same way. He comes into my broken life and fixes it up so that I can live up to my potential in Him. He takes away the labels stuck on me by this broken, messed up world. He gives me a second chance.
"See that you say nothing to anyone..."--This was at the beginning of Jesus' ministry. No one really knew who He was, and no one knew what He could do. Yet. This was the beginning of His widespread fame. Those people that had been diagnosed with leprosy-they were unclean. They were unfit to interact with. And here's this man, who broke free of that stereotype. He was healed. He was made whole again. This miracle made people realize how powerful Jesus is. After this, Jesus could hardly even get time alone to spend with His Daddy. They flocked to Him, because there's just something about Him that makes people stop and wonder.
So now I understand that God is calling me to take part in this ministry of healing with His son. He's calling me to change lives. He's calling me to be love to these people that haven't received it because of their physical condition. He's calling me to loose labels by showing my compassion and willingness to breathe life into the sick and the hurting and the wounded.
And that's something that I am incredibly excited about!
But this Sunday, I found my passion for nursing. The message was on Mark 1:21-45. Jesus healed people left and right. That's one of the biggest needs of The Kingdom. God's heart for the sick and wounded is so beautifully portrayed in Mark 1:41-44:
"Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. 'I am willing,' He told him. 'Be made clean.' Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed. Then He sternly warned him, sent him away at once, telling him, 'See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them" (HCSB).
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him.--Jesus cared deeply about everyone. These words stir something up in my soul that I just can't explain. They put me on the brink of tears of joy-my Savior loved this leper enough to touch him. He loves me the same way. He comes into my broken life and fixes it up so that I can live up to my potential in Him. He takes away the labels stuck on me by this broken, messed up world. He gives me a second chance.
"See that you say nothing to anyone..."--This was at the beginning of Jesus' ministry. No one really knew who He was, and no one knew what He could do. Yet. This was the beginning of His widespread fame. Those people that had been diagnosed with leprosy-they were unclean. They were unfit to interact with. And here's this man, who broke free of that stereotype. He was healed. He was made whole again. This miracle made people realize how powerful Jesus is. After this, Jesus could hardly even get time alone to spend with His Daddy. They flocked to Him, because there's just something about Him that makes people stop and wonder.
So now I understand that God is calling me to take part in this ministry of healing with His son. He's calling me to change lives. He's calling me to be love to these people that haven't received it because of their physical condition. He's calling me to loose labels by showing my compassion and willingness to breathe life into the sick and the hurting and the wounded.
And that's something that I am incredibly excited about!
I am incredibly excited too girl!
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