Keeping the Faith…
Recently God has challenged me to not let go of the big prayers I have in my heart for the kids in my children’s home and the rest of the orphans of Korea. I have a lot of big hopes and dreams for the children, but I have to admit that there are times when I wonder if the dreams are for later, or aren’t supposed to be so big. For instance, when I first came to my home I got the background information of each child and then spent an extended time praying alone for each of them, including the staff. I wrote down individual prayers for each child and staff, and I’ve been lifting up those same written prayers for over 3 years now. During these three years though, I’ve only seen little results here and there. I’ve kept faithful in praying, but sometimes I’ve wondered if the prayers were really having an impact. And then recently God began challenging me, “Do you really believe?”
Interestingly, when I first came to my home there was one girl who I felt was the closest to God, but was still not there yet. As I prayed for her, I felt led to pray for God to speak to her in dreams. I kept praying this. Year after year. I even taught her during English classes about how God speaks in dreams. But no dreams came. And there was no real growth in her faith. She graduated last February and moved out of the home, and it seemed she had moved on. But then just recently she began attending my church (the Korean speaking service) and then attending my Bible study (I teach partly in Korean). A couple weeks ago I taught the Bible study group about dreams and listening to God. And then, lo and behold, she e-mails me a vivid dream that she had that was a direct call for her to pray. Praise God! I feel its just the beginning of that prayer being answered. Also, just recently I’m hearing from the dorm mothers that our director Mrs. Chae is now encouraging the staff to pray more for the kids, which is another thing I’ve been consistently praying for. Praise God!
The big prayers will be answered in time. I know the Lord is calling me to simply keep faithful and keep my hopes in Him. Come Lord Jesus!
Habakkuk 2:3 (ESV) – For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end–it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
