Sent out by the Holy Spirit

Oct 31, 2011

We met with Amalia Tuc today. She was our translator for the MTI trip in June 2010. She works for Food for the Hungry, speaks excellent English and has a real love for the Lord. We really enjoyed her company. Amalia is going to connect us with a few other FH people. I have learned from past vision trips when someone says “you ought to meet this person” then you better listen. Actually, you should more than listen – you should set up some time on the calendar. When you pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit – those directions often flow through others. Lead us Holy Spirit.

I have been thinking a lot about a few innocent words in Acts 13. Saul (Paul) and team are being sent to the mission field. Their home church in Antioch prays over them and sends them out. It says they were “sent off on their new assignment by the Holy Spirit”. I doubt they just showed up at the port and randomly selected Cyprus as their first stop. I am thinking that some one knew someone who had invited them to come. There was some sort of connection. So they felt God tug them toward Cyprus. They followed the bread crumbs – keenly aware of the leading of the Holy Spirit. They remained open to where the Spirit would lead them.

On trips like the one we are on right now – I try to become extra sensitive to Gods leading. It requires a slower pace. It requires much more prayer. It certainly requires more attentive listening. As we talked with Amalia, in conversation she mentioned these people who she thought it might be beneficial to meet. As she talked about why, I could feel the Holy Spirit radar go off. So we will follow these bread crumbs.

Here is the deal - I wish the Holy Spirit would audibly speak to me. I wish I could record and play back that conversation. But I truly believe that the Holy Spirit speaks to us through other people. We just need to be attentive and then responsive to that leading. That obedience most likely will cause us to be sent off on a journey of a lifetime.

Rich