Chum reap suor, what a time to reflect on Cambodia! The time frame of returning back to Arizona has been 1 week. My body and mind is adjusting gradually but the Arizona heat is a doozy! I still think about the experience in Cambodia especially the gifts of blessings and struggles with my teammates and people. God is revealing himself to me daily and place a burden of a blessing to continuously pray for Cambodia, its people, and praying for my teammates as they are TOO adjusting to life and living radically for God.
Without God, the mission itself becomes impossible. I hope as the Spirit is leading me to share the running thoughts and revelations of this trip – may the Spirit who dwells in all of us, encourages you (the readers) to explore the challenges God has place you,, to prepare you spiritually and mentally, and to invest your precious time to consecrate for God's plans in state and out state missions. Whether the mission is short or long-term, amazingly, God has done the work, and we are his VESSELS and are called to be part of the GREAT COMMISSION. The victory of His work is and will be finish in His GLORIOUS name!
While I am meditating through the book of ACTS. The power of God is flourishing throughout wherever God sends the disciples and apostles. Through Peter's ministry, churches are established and expanding all over, while the torch is handed to Paul and the Gospel is progressing all over as he travels to various places. This faith is offering the hope of Jesus Christ to all humanity from the beginnings to Jerusalem to Rome and etc. The dynamic of Acts is growing and spreading the Gospel like a ripple effect/wildfire.
I start realizing the people in Acts are ordinary and decide to live boldly because they have the Holy Spirit and the resurrection of Christ revealing their purpose to share the Gospel. Confidence and boldness are two qualities they are gaining through Christ as their source of power. For myself, the experience of sharing the Gospel to the people was ineffective. Yet at times difficult because people's hearts are harden and stubborn to surrender change. Thankfully, I am glad God used our team by our actions and being the Christlikeness examples to live our faith by being a blessing to the people. If people are observing our actions, then, the evidence of God's presence will be a light to all the people in Cambodia and they will be known it is God's bidding!
I know the Gospel is being preach in Cambodia, in Vietnam, in America, and ALL nations. Time and patience is the key to open people's hearts. To LOVE people with empathy and relentlessly. But most importantly, I believe the church and the missionaries in Acts understand prayer was a huge part of sharing the Gospel because if prayer and preaching is not implement throughout the time of expansion, then the Gospel is literally dead. My meditating in Acts alone, God has place a gracious love and a heart of conviction to share the experiences to various people I meet daily and to plant the seeds for the Gospel to spurt out the ground. Just being able to witness how radical these disciples are with their faith to share and to understand they were chosen to be part of his plan to reach the world. He gives my brothers and sisters and I, the motivation, energy, and ability to get Gospel to the world. God is already victorious and we are victorious as well because of HIM. Thankfully we are saved in grace to give the same living hope to all the people we meet daily through the cross of Jesus Christ. Cambodia will know God, so please keep praying for all the men, women, and children. God is doing BIG things in Cambodia especially Love of Christ Church in Sen Sok 1!. God blessed everyone!
- Jeremiah
