“Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 4:10-11
Egads…January has ended; time to flip the calendar. Eleven more months to go in 2025. As I was sitting in my ‘chair’, Alexa played a song by Vickie Winans on the Gospel Music genre that was called ‘Spirit of the Living God’ and the words continue to encourage me. They initially brought me to consider how God has been working on my life for over seven decades and then it began to impress upon me how our Triune God is working through the lives of the children attending Christian schools in Haiti.
The words to this song are “Spirit of the living God fall fresh on me, Spirit of the living God fall fresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me; Spirit of the living God fall fresh on me.” Consider how these words describe the work of our Triune God is impacting these two young lives walking along the road from Torbeck to Les Cayes.
“Melt me.” There is a point in their lives and in our life when we need to be melted down. There comes a time in our lives when we are like an unused candle that has accumulated the dirt of this sinful world, and we need to be melted down and once again be purified; Christ accomplished this for us on the cross of Calvary. These young lives have been under the weight of lies from the vodou priest; lies that are being retold to them by members of their family and playmates.
“Mold me.” When our being was being shaped in our mother’s womb, we were given specific qualities and abilities by our Creator. Some of us sing, some of us write, some of us are encouragers, some of us are builders, some of us receive Holy Communion to our pew; and the list of abilities is endless as He gave each of us special things to accomplish in this world. These two young lives are being molded through Christian education at their School. They are being molded to use their special gifts to accomplish His will for their lives while bringing more into the Kingdom.
“Fill me.” I could interpret this as meaning their bodies were being filled daily with a meal of rice and beans from Trinity HOPE but that would not be correct; even though they are daily receiving such a blessing. These two young lives and our lives too need to daily be fed the Word; we need to immerse ourselves in His Word daily to accomplish His will. Our tanks need to be connected to our Heavenly Father each and every day to stay focused along our journey.
“Use me.” May our work be His work and not ours. We pray that the Holy Spirit will descend upon us and use us to do His work in this sinful world. Our work should be all about Him and not about us, because without Him we cannot accomplish the work that He created for us to do. Thank you for continuing to support these children attending Christian schools in Haiti.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay