The difference is these few weeks, God has been moving. How does He move?
He sends like-minded Christians to our ministry, people from out of town, to drive all the way to our school, just to remind us that we have a purpose for pressing on, that God is gonna break out soon to pour out His glory and transform the campus.
Tonight was exceptional phenomenal. Not only worship was flowing with Joel Levi, Katya, Cameron and I, with Tim directing with scriptures, but a stranger came too.
Let me clarify that we are open to the public too, and we are used to the public attending our meetings weekly, but this man who introduced himself as Michael Warner, came to us and said," God told me to come here and give you guys words of encouragement, I have been looking all over the place for you guys, I even asked a professor where worship was held tonight." Wow... Talk about dedication for God, he came cos God told him to look for a bunch of strangers to encourage them...
He said he will speak to us after service cos we were about to start. And when we held the prayer time for different people, he spoke and prophesied reality into the hurting lives of people. He seem to be a discerning man of God. Then after we ended, he walked about with words for different people that He felt that God wanted them to know. I was one of them, and I was the last one he spoke to. I was anxiously waiting for what he had to say...
He told me, "God told me to come here tonight, to speak specifically to you. He told me to tell you that that you are loved by Him, He delights in you. You are surrounded by His glory for I see angels dancing around you. He sees your heart, humble and wanting to serve. God will come for a personal visitation to see you, be prepared for it."
That was a great encouragement, when I was just playing the piano just now & singing without the microphone due to lack of mikes, and I felt i was insignificant because I am not good at piano, I get stage fright, and I felt that I was not good in doing whatever I was doing for God...
He continued, "God also said, He will give you a hedge of protection for all the words that are out to hurt or harm you."
Perfect timing, I just finished whole load of confrontation with housemates and landlord whom I feel discriminated against since I'm the only non-American. Thank You Jesus for the hedge of protection, I feel safer now...
Michael continued and asked, "what are you doing after your studies here?"
I replied," I wanna be a counsellor."
And he said, "Do not doubt. God knows you love to minister to people, to love and give... But you do not minister to people who intimidates you or people who impresses you. But God is gonna take that fear away now, the fear of intimidation by people. And you will be ministering to ALL from now on."
I have been doubting recently, since J.M(my fiance) who was a Psychology major in AU too, recently changed his major in grad school from Counseling(which I'm gonna do) to Information Systems, which is something absolutely different. If J.M studied so hard for it for years, and has now changed due to the demandingness of the program with sucky professors, so perhaps this is not for me too?
Also, Michael mentioned that the 2 specific groups of people I do not minister to, is very true. (For those who don't know, ministering could be encouragements, acts of service, love... etc) For me, if you intimidate me, of course I stay away, it's my self defense mechanism. If u impress me cos you are way better in many things, of course you do not need my ministering... That's a good reminder, from now on, I will reach out to all, because I do not fear anymore, and reach out to those who seem more pro in many ways too. Way cool....
Michael mentioned too," This fall season will be a new season, we will be reaping the harvest and things will be changed."
I'm claiming for that, a new season, a breakthrough, and a new season in my life in terms of ministry, and I feel it is partially connected to my marriage around the time of fall, marrying a like-minded Christian who believes in the Holy spirit and how God moves radically. Things are beginning to work out and move ahead faster than I think....
Then Michael went ahead to tell me of my childhood. He said, "God sees your hurt, even when you are a little girl, and you are deeply hurt. He will bring you to greener pastures( For me, it means a better life: stable, safe and secure. )"
God ALREADY told me this! When I was a baby Christian at 16 years old, that He brings me to greener pastures, especially when I cry silently in the shower after every time I was beaten & abused for years... God reminded me time and again, He is there regardless of how I was treated, He was there when I wasn't a believer, and He is still here.
And now I'm in a different country, experiencing new stuff like different school education, friends of different nationalities, earning more $ as a student than what I did for a career back home and work being very relaxing compared to high tension any one back home, and marrying my best friend-J.M, who is a stable, intelligent, young man who believes in the same God I do and is sensible yet fun & sweet in many ways. Wedding in July 2010 in U.S.A, and did I mention that my fiance has nice parents too?What a trade off for me... Truly greener pastures... (^_^)
And Michael said this all that in the midst of my weeping due to overwhelming astonishment of how everything he said was spot on, and that I'm trying to absorb everything quickly cos he speaks really fast.
He continued on, "Surely Goodness and Mercy will follow you all the days of your life, and you will dwell in the House of The Lord forever..."
He said,"besides the many angels that are surrounding me & God's glory engulfing me, also Goodness and Mercy are like two angels who are following me!
I was shocked. He just mentioned my favorite verse of the bible, that I know and claim it by heart, even claiming it on my blog n Facebook! Wahahhaa... God sends such great reminders to me through His people! God is good. I'm insignificant in the eyes of many, but to Him, I'm precious and I have angels alongside with me and His love... Yay...
