Worship by Being Me...

This morning, I sensed that God was reminding me of the verse:

'He (Jesus) answered, "I tell you, if these (his disciples) were silent, the very stones would cry out"' Luke 19:40

I thought about what it would sound like for stones to cry out.

Then I felt God say to me,

When a stone is simply being a stone it is worshipping me.

When a stone is being a stone and not trying to be a tree, it is worshipping me.

The message that I think God was telling me is that, when I am the me that he made me to be, then I am worshipping him. The very act of being who he created me to be is an act of worship to him.

Living in a Christian Missions Community, I constantly see amazing Christians, people who reflect Jesus in a beautiful way.

Even just this weekend. We have a girl staying with us at the moment. She is a missionary in India. She is 20 years old. She told me that ever since she was a little girl, she wanted to be a missionary in India. I find this just so beautiful. She is so young and yet so brave. She had a dream and just... did it! She was in India for the past 6 months. She wore only a sari and ate only Indian food. She just made a commitment to stay there for another 2 years.

The Director of this Base is an amazingly charismatic man. He can be in front of any audience and can hold them spellbound. He is not a large man, but he fills the room with his presence.

The School Leader of the school I staff this year had 3 very successful businesses and was a photographer for National Geographic. Four years ago, he felt that God was asking him to give it all up. So he did. He sold the businesses and now works full time in YWAM. He is married with a 2 year old.

These are just some of the incredible people I get to see every day. 

And yet God did not make me to be ANY of them. God made me to be... me...

One YWAM Speaker is known for his expression, 

'If you copy someone else, the best you will ever be is a copy of the someone else.'

The journey of discovering my identity in God is and then just being me is worship to God because it says that he did a good job, that I am grateful for who he chose me to be and that he is perfect in his decisions and that the 'me' he chose me to be is a wonderful gift.

Imagine if you took the time to create a completely original present for someone and they proceeded to complain about it every day for the rest of their life?

God's Generosity

I just returned this past week from 2 weeks in New Zealand. This is an amazing testimony!
It has been a very long time since I took a personal, relaxing holiday. I do travel quite a bit but it is for work or task and not for rest. I was reaching towards burn out but I did not have the finances to go anywhere.
Through a variety of people, I was so blessed to have my holiday to New Zealand paid for, both the travel expenses and some incredible treats while I was there! I was able to go White Water Rafting (including a 7-metre waterfall!), Aqua Jet Boating (0 - 100km in 4 seconds!), to a Thermal (Volcanic) Park, on a ferry cruise on Auckland Harbour which included climbing a volcano and being completely alone on an island for 2.5 hours, hiking, on an electric bicycle, on a trampoline... and many more things. I was also able to catch up on some overdue sleep. The first week I was there, I had a sleep in the day time every day and by the second week I was able to sleep 10 - 12 hours at night, something that I can never do here in Singapore.
An amazing thing is that, while I was wanting/praying for a holiday, New Zealand was far and above what I was asking or hoping for. 
While I was away, I continued with my usual reading plan and read through half of Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua. I was thinking about the journey that the Israel took. One verse stood out to me:


Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. Deuteronomy 9:6


It reminded me that the goodness and generosity of God in my life is not earned by my own righteousness, for I too am a stubborn person, but rather because of who God is; my Daddy. 
This journey in having faith for finances goes to a whole new level when God provides for things that I didn’t even ask for and are overwhelmingly generous and good. And I didn’t even earn it!