I will never forget the wisest words I ever heard outside of God’s Word…
“Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.” Acts 16:10
Many years ago, Randy and I, and the school of ministry where we were students, took a “field trip” to the South American country of Columbia. We sat for about ten days under the wise tutelage of an older, married couple who were missionaries there. John and Jean Firth had labored several years there without seeing much fruit in their ministry. And then, they received the overflow or baptism of the Holy Spirit. All heaven broke loose.
In the remaining decades of their lives, the Firth’s ministry produced at least 800 other churches. Many with congregations in the thousands. Together, they saw the blind see, the lame walk, demons cast out, and the dead raised to life and almost all of these miracles are documented. Jean herself had been miraculously healed of tuberculosis.
When one of our fellow students asked what their secret to seeing these amazing miracles in the Name of Jesus, she paused and quietly stated, “I’ve learned to walk softly with God.”
I think Paul knew how to walk softly with God, too. And I believe He is extending the invitation to us. I am saying, “Yes,” to Him. I want to learn to grow in this as well. You, too? Why don’t we bow our heads in prayer right now? Because the world is waiting to see Him through us.