Watching God at Work

Watching God at Work

Recently, while attending a church meeting, I heard an interesting story that just stirred up my soul. YES, GOD IS AT WORK!!! It was about a little town that needed the Lord.

In Almolonga, Guatemala, a very small town....where there once were bars on each corner we now find churches on each corner. I checked with our speaker to confirm where he had heard or read about this account. He found it in David E. Garland's recent NIV Application Commentary on Mark, commenting how Peter Wagner corresponded with Walter Wink talking of the effect the gospel had on the town. I will quote it for you.

A "center of human misery: disease, poverty, strife, alcoholism, marital infidelity and violence" was changed into a community of prosperity, health, harmony and peace with over 90% of the inhabitants born again Christians with churches instead of bar rooms on every street."

Just imagine.....they probably said, "there is no hope for this town." A town filled with sin, drugs, sex, alcohol, darkness, no light; but God knew that there were souls seeking Him. God sent His servants into this place to clear it out and clean it up; to, in fact, help save this town. What a joy it must be for those missionaries that were a part of that work. Imagine being in heaven someday and chatting with all the believers that came from that town, knowing that you helped them find salvation.

What joy and encouragement should fill our hearts when we hear how God is working. When I was a little girl, I can remember some adults always making life seem like there was no hope with the "doom and gloom" way they talked about how things were in the world. We need to remember little ears are always listening....don't paint a dark picture. Let them know that sin is alive and wrong. Share Scripture with them to help them stay away from sin but always, always let them know that God is ALIVE. His power is all we need to make a difference in this world. His work is still going on all around us. Share the wonderful things we see happening in the work of the Lord, so that their hearts, too, can be encouraged to keep going on for Him.

Be encouraged to know that this little town was won over by one person touching the life of one person. Be that one person today in your own town and touch one life for Christ today so they can touch another.

Lynn Wilson, a wife and a mother of two boys, is currently on Staff at America's Keswick. For several years she has been involved in her local church and hosts her own women's ministry in her home, called Thumb Print Ministries.
Her mission statement would be to touch one life so in turn they can touch a life for eternity. Her greatest joy is to go home at the end of her work day and cook up soups from scratch and other homemade goodies for her family.