No Eye Has Seen

James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” We are getting close to the half way mark of our field time, and as the end of the year approaches I’ve been looking back on my time here in Cambodia. I’ve realized that I have been kind of distant towards God. Yes, I’ve had a few times where I felt like He was speaking to my heart but over all I haven’t been super close with Him. Just today a friend of Anna’s took me out for coffee and I had a wonderful afternoon sharing my experiences since being here and hearing hers. At one point we started talking about feeling close to God. We have both gone through times in our lives where we felt isolated and ended up leaning on God and asking for big things from Him. We came to the conclusion that it is one thing to know He is there, it’s a whole other to believe it. Since being here I have started having a consistent time with God in the

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” This verse takes me back to April of this year. I was trying to decide what I was going to do after I graduated high school and God had put the Potters Field "Ignite" program on my heart. I was in a lot of turmoil trying figure out what to do when I opened my bible and God showed me this verse. I was immediately at peace knowing that I love God and therefore He will take care of my future, and not just take of but also expand and detail far more than I could ever imagine. I just love the fact that it is outside our imagination. I can't wait till the day when I can look back and be utterly amazed at what God did through this time in my life and how He laid the foundation for the rest of my life. I know it will be above and beyond anything I can think of right

Jeremiah 18:4 “And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.” I am blown away by yet another passage of scripture which reminds me that now matter what happens to me or what choices I make God is always ready and willing to take my mess and make it beautiful in His eyes. He still has a plan in mind when I falter in my walk. I am so extremely thankful for this knowledge! It sets me free from the bondage of shame and guilt, It releases me from the weight of my mistakes. Jesus has paid the price so that I can be free from all of it and not only be free but also have a life that pleases Him. The only condition is a life surrendered to Him, the word says His yoke is easy and His burden is light, (Matthew 11:30) So even giving my life up to Him is placed on His shoulders since He knows I couldn’t do this on my own. I praise the God above who only asks me to giv

Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” This is just another study proving that the word of God is powerful and alive. I have been walking through some pretty painful personal “growth spurts” lately. I have wondered many times when God would give up on me and say “well she’s just not going to get it… NEXT!” but He doesn’t do that. My Father in Heaven loves me so much, and wants to see me through these things. He is walking beside me even as I write this and try to express accurately what this verse so clearly said to me. This verse tell tells me that Jesus won’t give up on me, that He is purposefully walking me through these things so that I can be a better tool for Him to use. Even though it hurts, and seems hopeless at times I can find comfort in knowing that He is faithful to complete the works He has begun in me until the day Jesus returns for His church. T

Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” This is (was when I wrote this) Thanks Giving week, and as we are preparing to celebrate all that God has done I sat down to write. After reading the verse I sat for a little while contemplating how much God really has filled me with His hope, hope in Him alone, Joy and peace, which all come from me simply believing in Him. He gives these things freely, and allows me to walk in these things 365 days a year! I have to admit I’m not thankful everyone of those days even though every time I look back I see all those things flowing in my life each and every day. I know I can’t thank God enough because He is God, but that’s the great thing, He doesn’t need me to be thankful, He wants me to be thankful. He wants me to be truly thankful from the bottom of my toes because I choose to be not to because He demands it. I wan

John 1:36 “And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’” I can’t imagine what it must have been like for John to suddenly realize that the long awaited Son of God was walking before him. I would have kicked myself for not seeing Him sooner. Jesus wants to reveal Himself to us today too; however, many people never see Him. Many walk through their whole lives without ever acknowledging God. Recently one of my teammates asked me what I had seen God do that day. It was a casual question, but we both realized that neither of us had noticed anything that stuck out to us. This really began to bother me, not that God hadn’t done anything, for I know He does, but that I hadn’t seen it. We both decided that we should make a concerted effort to ask God to show us how He works each day and to thank Him for every great thing He has done. Application I will get together with this teammate and talk about what we saw God do after we had that convers