the Divine Orchestrator!

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…

And God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:1 &10

God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing. He formed the earth and everything in it. When I really look at nature it never ceases to amaze me how everything fits together so perfectly. I have been studying Genesis 1 with several groups of women in Masi this past week (pretty sweet when women who don’t really know Jesus are teaching you knew things about God. Yes!). I have been struck really deeply with some truths drawn from this story. God is an orchestrator. Every detail of creation screams this truth. I have been for the 100th time learning to trust God in a new way since I have been here. On Friday during our time in Masi, the Lord moved in such a powerful way that I truly feel changed by it. There wasn’t any crazy healing, no one got raised from the dead, and the multitudes didn’t give their lives to Jesus. However, I was left in awe of the greatness of God and feeling so secure in the Father’s faithfulness. Here is the story.

My group that I do outreach in Masi with (Julianna and our friend, Vuyani) began our day by going to find Nokuthula, a girl we met the week before. She is hungry to know more about Jesus, so we set up a time to meet with her and her friends to pray and read the Word together. On the way we were going to drop by one of the Vulnerable Children houses. As we are heading down the main street we passed a group of girls. I made eye contact with one of them for a bit and I felt the Lord telling me that I was suppose to talk with her because she was hungry to know Him. But for some reason I didn’t do it. So as we are looking for this house, we got a bit lost and were walking in circles. We passed that same group of girls again about 10 minutes later. As we passed by the group, the girl I knew I was suppose to talk to was passing directly in front of me and for some reason neither of us got out of each other’s way. We ended up standing face to face. Her name is Siwapiwe. She asked me what we were doing in Masi. After telling her about our heart for Masi, she said that she wanted to walk around with us sometime. I told her that we could come by her house later that day. We then headed to meet Nokuthula. When we got there she led us to her friend’s house that wanted to meet us. But her friend was not there. We went to the library to try and find a place to hang out. The library was in mass chaos with hundreds of kids…and somehow we ended up on a tour of the library. We went up the stairs to the computer section and as I walked up the stairs a beautiful little girl greeted me. We finally found a quiet spot and had a really sweet time with our friend. After hanging out with her we went to find the house of the girl we met earlier, Siwapiwe. As we walked up to her home, we realized that it was the exact shack we had come to with Nokuthula! The girl I felt the Lord calling me to speak with and the friend of Nokuthula was the same girl! We knocked, but Siwapiwe was not home. As we were waiting for her, I saw a woman across the street coming in and out of her shack. Her shack was my absolute favorite color (turquoise, of course) and she seemed really lovely. I really wanted to go talk to her, so I went over while we were waiting for Siwapiwe. She was SO friendly and invited us to sit with her and gave us some coke. She told us that she has two kids who were at the library for an afterschool program. I thought to myself, “I bet her daughter is the little girl who greeted me at the computer area.” Sure enough, a minute later her kids came home and it was the same little girl! A few minutes later, Siwapiwe got home. We called her over and come to find out, she is really close with the woman we were sitting with. Earlier that day the Lord had given me a word for someone we would meet later that day about the parable in Matthew 13:44 of the treasure hidden in a field. I feel the Lord spoke so clearly who his treasures were that day. Every person we came in contact with were connected. The crazy thing is that these people were not all from the same area. We had been all over the community. Masi is big but God is bigger. Our steps were ordered so perfectly. The Lord sees and has plans for these women.

God is a divine orchestrator. He orders our steps. He won’t let us miss the good things he has for us. There is such assurance when we walk with the Father. This encounter that I had in Masi sealed something in my heart… I can trust the Father. He is so big and he knows exactly what we need. We can throw ourselves on his promises. We can put every hope in him and we will never be disappointed. He brings all things together for our good. I am so thankful that I have such good news to share with a hurting, weary and oppressed people! My heart is welling up with joy and praise for God our Creator. My heart’s desire is more and more to walk in adoration and worship as I keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, the lover of my soul. Thank you again to all who have made it possible to be here…I am so thankful for this time in my life and what the Lord is doing in me! MUCH LOVE! whit