Humility is where we are led.
Hi Friends & Family. We’ve made it to week five! It’s been a full month being here in mexico and I am in such a place of gratitude for my experience so far. It hasn’t been easy. The Lord is shifting a lot of things within my heart and mind. It has been a pruning season without a doubt. Amidst the difficulting of the pruning I have a thankful heart. I know He is removing things within me that will get in the way of my relationship with Him and the ministry He has set before me.
Where does this bring me now? It’s simple… it brings me to humility.
I’m sure this is the same for many of you but when the Lord seems to be teaching me something He does it is a very holistic way. This week the Lord was really meeting me in this place where I was reminded of living truly in humility. A quote from one of our teachers this week was simple and small but it impacted the way I understood humility. He said “Humility IS reality.”. What does this really mean? Humility isn’t a “go with the flow”, “rolls off my shoulders”, “getting stomped all over” heart posture. Humility is understanding your position under God. This is something we neglect in our hearts so often but when we really dwell in the truths of His character and all that He has done for us we have no other response but to fall on our face in humility and gratitude for the mercy He has extended to us.
I was reminded of this as I was preparing to share my testimony this week at an outreach. I recalled the time in my life that I was walking intentionally in disobedience from the Lord. I knew that what was written in scripture was true. I knew that Jesus was God but I didn’t understand what anything meant on an emotional or relational level. It was all head knowledge and it had never reached my heart. I believed in Jesus but I wasn’t following after Him with my life. I had a built up a hard heart within myself but the Lord had a bigger plan for me. God had complete mercy on me. He called me to Himself. I was perfectly content living my life understanding that He was God but never changing. This is the beautiful thing about my story and relationship with Christ. This is what I cherish. He revealed himself to me not because of anything I could have done. I could have never understood His heart for me on my own yet, He melted away the hardness from my heart and gave me sight when I was blind to his love and purpose for me.
How could I not be humbled when I think of this reality. Completely in awe of God and humbled. If my story is something that resonates with you and you feel like you have been walking around understanding in your mind but not your heart I want to encourage you. He wants you to understand His heart, there is nothing you can do on your own to receive that understanding but you can call on His name. Seek Him and you will find Him. This is a promise, and you will see the transformation that He has in store for your life.
MATTHEW 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.”
Looking further into Matthew 7 you come to verse 21 that says ” Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” How can we do his will if we do not know His heart? Writing this I know that not all of us are in the same understanding of these things but we are all the same in the Lord’s eyes. We are beloved beyond measure the same. We are all in need of the same mercies each day as we wake up. While He may still be waiting for some to answer His call, It’s simple, we are to be humbled. Regardless of where you may be at, I say these things so that you might stand in awe with me. In awe of our Creator, our Savior, the one who sacrificed more than we truly know for the sake of having a relationship with us. I hope this blesses you.
What’s Next
Our team will be leaving Rosarito this Tuesday. We will be taking a flight to Culiacan and then later heading up to a tribe to be with them on the anniversary of their first ever church service. We are all very excited and in need of your prayers.
Please be praying for:
- a safe arrival
- the health of our team
- clear communication of the Lord’s heart for the people despite the language barrier
I am still currently support raising I have about $1000 dollars left to raise and two weeks left to do it. The Lord has been increasing my faith every day so I remain in full trust that he will provide for me. If you feel that He is calling you to be apart of that provision I have a link below, but more than anything else I ask for your prayers not only for my financial provision but for the whole team.
Thank you all for reading. I love you. Please reach out with ways that I can be praying for you. It would bless me to do so. I look forward to writing again soon!
– Alyson
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