Just recently I decided to start praying for the hearts of the children I have the priveledge of working with each day. Right now, they are too young for me to personally lead to Christ, but that does not mean I cannot have a part in it. My hearts deepest desire for these 20 children is that they would find Christ and know Him more deeply than I could ever imagine. My prayer is that their hearts would be drawn to Him, that they would seek and rely on Him to carry them through their lives. My prayer is that they would be adopted in to forever families who love God above all else. My prayer is that my time here would be valuable for them, and that somehow, even thorugh language barriers and their age that they would feel the love of Christ in me. That the songs I sing to them and the prayers I pray over them would make a forever impact on their lives.
Part of the reality of mission work is that we do not always see the fruist of our labor. Rather, we plant seeds and pray that those seeds would prosper. For me especially, that is a reality that I had to accept early on. I was not going to be one of those missionaries that holds a revival and sees 100 people profess faith in Jesus, no not at all. But God knows my heart, my gifts, and His plan, and when all of those things come together I find that what I am doing here is the precious job of seed planting. A job as important at the next and as valuable as any other. After all, seeds that were never planted cannot prospser. So yes, I will spend my time here investing in these childrne never really know where life takes them. However, I get chills to think about how beautiful the day will be that I meet those that have chosen Christ in Heaven and know that God allowed me to be a part of their path to Him.
Join me in praying for the salvation of these children as you feel called. What a valuable way to be involved from home.
