I'm currently reading through this book...I hope to finish it by this week. As I'm part of a Global Outreach Team at my church, a team member gave us all a copy of this book. I am thankful that I read the majority of it prior to our meeting tonight. I got to church an hour before and let myself in. I had to just spend sometime praying not only about my personal blind sightedness regarding missions, but also that our team would be sensitive to the reality that those who we were supporting had better align with what God has called us to do. Yet we don't know what He has called us to do unless we spend time in prayer.
One quote from the book: When a church or a mission board spends more time in consultation, planning and committee meetings than in prayer, it is a clear indication the members have lost touch with the supernatural and have ended up, in Watchman Nede's words, "serving the house of God and forgot the Lord Himself."
God answered my plea and softened all of our hearts to the realization that we need to focus more on praying about our decisions than making them in an hour's time. God spared us and I am so grateful. Today I realized that God is so powerful even in the small quietness of our hearts, but He can speak volumes in those moments as well--especially when a group of His people are aligned with His will.
Reading this book has also caused me to realize that I need to spend some hefty time re-evaluating my own life in so many aspects. My time, money, efforts, etc. I'm hoping to spend a day of retreat before the Lord this weekend. God is using this book as a discipleship tool to remind me of His heartbeat...may mine beat the same way His does.
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