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I heard from a lady witnessing the civil war in Sierra Leone, crying out to God. "Oh God! You see the atrocities that are going on here. How can you allow this to happen to us? Don't you love us? That is when I heard God. I know, I heard his voice speaking to me. 'I Am with you. I Am faithful,' He said. Then he asked me, 'Are you?'"
It is Time we go...
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question was asked of me while I was in The Gambia, West Africa? Why don't
more African Americans come and share the Gospel.? Caught off guard and
somewhat convicted, I began assessing the basis of the question. My first
response was that most African Americans don't have the money to go. I found it
very difficult to verbalize that at the time, in the midst of true economic
poverty.
After careful thought, I explained to the young pastor, ?I really believe it is because we are blinded by the wealth of the United States. All we can see is what is available to us and our right to the ?American Dream.? The continual struggle to keep up with those around us (Caucasian Americans) has distracted us from what the Lord has mandated of us.
I was then convicted. If we only knew. If we could only see all we have here and realize, through using our resources in the way the Lord has commanded us, we lose nothing, but gain as a whole. And what mighty large gains!
Do we really think that the Lord would allow us to enjoy His blessings when we continually are wanting more of this material gain, knowing that our brothers and sisters need Him too while we chose to turn a blind eye and deaf ear? Simply because we are discontent with the treasures we have to the point that we fail to acknowledge His abundant life.
I am convicted. Now I know that I can go. When I can't go, I can help send someone else. I have seen my "little" become much. There is so much joy in seeing God work through the most unlikely of people. That includes me! That is when you know it is God who is accomplishing it.
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