I know the Lord hears us when we call on HIS great name. I know this. However this season of my life has taught me how to rely on that understanding. ” Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present youre request to God.” This Ive known since I was a child and in the past I have lifted my burdens up to the Lord. But it doesn’t stop there…Philippians 4 continues to say“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Prayer gives us a peace of God. As a missionary you are put in situations where you have absolutely no option but to rely on the Lord because sometimes thats all you have, sometimes there are no other solutions. I met a seven year old boy the other day who was HIV positive and his mother was dead. To many of us this may just seem like “typical” Africa and for that we become desensitized. Yet I met this child, I held his beautiful face in my hands and looked into his sad eyes and could do NOTHING but pray. Pray for comfort, pray for peace, pray for healing. Will the Lord remove HIV from his little body? I know HE can that I do not doubt, but the question is will HE? And why wouldn’t HE? This child has already lost so much and is now on the verge of losing his life. How fair is that? But God isn’t a God that defines fair as we define fair. In fact, “the peace of God, transcends all understanding.” I dont understand why a seven year old boy lost his mother and now struggles through HIV alone. I cannot understand why that happens. Yet I know that the Lord has a plan and HE loves that little boy more than I ever could. I dont understand the Lord but Im learning to walk in the peace that HE does hear my prayers and I can rely on that. I can rely on the fact that when I interceed on this young boys belf and lift him up to the Lord, God hears my prayers and HE is answering them. What that looks like I may never know but Im choosing to live in the peace of God that surpassed all human understanding.
