Chuck Bridges Blog

Have you ever been asked to do something that you knew was beyond your capacity? It seems that most of our tasks in this life are determined by what we think we can do. We attempt to utilize the resources at our discretion to accomplish what we feel CAN be done. It occurred to me yesterday how God has CALLED us to come to a country that we know little about for a task that is much greater than anything we can do. We understand how to build a “Physical” structure for the People of God to have their meetings in. God has also shown us how HE Supernaturally stretches the resources to complete this project.

But, in the midst of our frantic pace to accomplish our objectives in such a short span of time, I am acutely aware of the things that exceed ALL of our RESOURCES (i.e. Our knowledge, money, time, etc.). While we can construct a building we cannot make people come. While we can share our testimony and explain to people how to be saved, we cannot make people accept Jesus Christ as their Savior! God is the Only One who can DRAW people to Himself. We are called to have Compassion on those who are in Spiritual Darkness and to do everything we can to help them SEE Jesus in us. But, we have no ability to make this Most Critical of ALL decisions for them. So, today I am asking God to keep me centered on His Love for Me and anticipating the accomplishments He will make today that far exceed my limitations.

So far this week (in spite of much rain) we are making good progress on the Church building in Sanger. The Team is working very hard on all of our tasks. Some are dealing with physical sickness and tired bodies. Please pray for God to keep all of our TEAM members healthy and strong for the TASK He has called us to accomplish here in Romania. Pray for the people who see the building being completed to come and hear the messages that will be shared in this place. Pray for the children. They are in school now so many of them were not able to come for the activities yesterday. We are having the “Bible Camp” in the morning one day and then in the afternoon the next day. Pray for our Romanian partners. Many of them have other commitments to meet and cannot stay with us for this work. Pray for the ones who have faithfully served with us in this great Calling.

We continue to wrestle with tension between challenges in our physical realm (i.e. physical weariness; irritations over trying to get things accomplished without some needed resources; human relations; etc.) and the “Struggles” we face in the Spiritual Realm. Each time I find myself at a point wondering why I am so far from home, missing my family, trying to build something so foreign to the people in this culture, etc. God sends someone into my sphere of consciousness to remind me why I am here. As I walked the muddy, cold road to the church this morning, (Wednesday) I simply prayed in my Spirit “God is this where you want me right now?” Without hesitation HE affirmed my calling to be here.

My deep love for our Romanian Brothers and Sisters is growing. They are so faithful and committed to the Lord! They are wonderful hosts (I never eat this much every day!). They treat us like royalty. Last night the guys were blessed to be able to go and take a hot shower at one of the Believer’s houses in a neighboring village. THANK YOU LORD!!!!! We have much to try and accomplish today on the building. Please pray for our Team. Kim continues to be sick and has been in the hotel for a couple of days. Pray that she will be well enough today to come and share in this ministry. Pray for the children to come to the day camp. The weather and their school schedule has prohibited them from coming as they usually do. Even though smaller numbers of children are coming, those who are here bless us immensely!

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