Gardener for the Kingdom

     One day we went to ministry at the soccer field in the middle of town. Our teams were working on cleaning bleachers but we did not have enough brushes so one of my teammates suggested that we prayer walk around the field. Someone else said something about walking around it seven times, like Israel did at Jericho. So, some people started prayer walking.

      I joined a little while later. The first lap I prayed for the community. But I had been struggling with doubt and was frustrated with things. I did not want to pray for me while I was prayer walking; I wanted to only pray for them. But it was like God said to me, ”How can you pore out my love if you are empty? Come to me and get filled.“ So I said, “alright God.”  I went through all my doubts with God and He point out the truth. I then told Him that I was struggling with the fact that we are pulling weeds and painting things that will need to be repainted in a few years. I felt that everything we were doing won’t last.  

      But as I was walking I looked up at this tree with all these seed pockets and God gave me the word Gardener. It was like He said you are my gardener your job is to plant seeds and water them with prayer but only in my time will the sun come on them and they will grow. I might never see the impact we are making on these beautiful people. But God will be with them always. And God reminded me that sharing the Gospel is wonderful but you also need to live it out with your actions and how you live your life should reflect the Lord. The Lord poured into me so much that at the end of the sixth lap He reminded me why f the store of Moses and the burning bush and how God told him to remove his shoes because he was on Holy ground. So, I stopped and took off my shoes and socks.

    I walked the seventh and final lap barefoot praying that that place would become Holy ground. I prayed so many times for that town, that the believers there would get set on fire for the Lord. I prayed for the non believers and I prayed for the children and parents etc… Once I was filled up by the Lord I was praying with so much more passion and the right heart posture. I was filled with joy; I could not stop smiling because God is so good to me. 

   It was wonderful, so I encourage you to go on a walk and talk to God. Don’t worry if you are struggling with something, talk to your Heavenly Father. He loves you and wants to be there for you, let Him in.