It's Time...

You can end that statement with ", Simba" or "to begin." We always want to know when the time for something is. For example today, I was at OM base for a four-hour prayer meeting, and when I got to the door, I saw a schedule of who was going to speak, when a break was, and when lunch was supposed to begin (yes, I read this in German through Google Translate). We always have the time to do something or the time for something to happen. You might be thinking of a song from a few decades ago by now by The Byrds. Such a song, based on Ecclesiastes, talks of time for everything. A time to live, a time to die, a time to gather and a time to sow. In all of these times, God is in control and has his hands are on everything in this world. HFZ is ending and everyone involved is in a time of transition. Today during the time of prayer, we read out of Psalms. We read Psalm 105:1-11. Below is verse 8:

8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded,

for a thousand generations,... 

What is this verse referring to? Well, it is referring to the land of Canaan as it states in the next couple of verses. We can also take hope in this. His covenant with us he still remembers. He remembers what his son has done. He remembers the cross and all of us that partake in this salvation.

For the last couple of weeks, HFZ and I have been praying for peace and comfort during the time of transition. We want peace and assurance not because God has forgotten to help us out, but that it is something that we do not always feel both of these things. However, it is in these times that we can truly bless others. Even though HFZ is ending, we are able to share the gospel with people in the Quartier (area) that we are in. We are being used because God remembers. He remembers what it was like when we were down on our knees begging for him to be with us. He was with us when we looked to the heavens and screamed at God himself because of all the evil in our life and world. We cannot and will not understand the thoughts of God, but we have to trust in him that he will give us what we need at the moment that we need it. Why do I believe this? It is because God REMEMBERS! He remembers us in our darkest times, in our lightest times, in our highs and in our lows. He refines us like silver. Silver is only considered refined when the person refining can see their reflection in the silver itself. That is what God is doing with us. He allows us to go through the fire of refinement and he will continue to do so until he sees his likeness in us. 

There is a time to mourn and a time to rejoice. We mourn that people are leaving OM, but we rejoice in the work that God has done and what he will do. We worry about the future, but it is already known. We act as if when God doesn't move mountains one time that we need him to move instantly. However, we have already seen him move mountains, and as the song goes, "and I believe I'll see you[God] do it again." He remembers folks. What are we doing about it? Are we sitting in our last days like there is nothing to do, or are we passionately working till the final minute?