Sometimes ministry can be hectic. Especially in our position where we are working in a European Ministry Center, in which there are 17 different ministries and something always going on. One day we might be cleaning up garbage in Albania and the next cooking meals for 150 people that are in Brussels for a leadership conference. Sometimes I feel like my days come and go so quickly my mind is left in a whirlwind of what has actually happened. It can be a challenge to stay focused on the real reason we came here, to make disciples.
One of the things we are able to be apart of on a consistent basis is working with Master's Commission, which is a discipleship school now based all across Europe. You may have seen on our facebook statuses that we are in Amsterdam quite often and that is to help at the Master's Commission in Amsterdam (MCAN). We have spent a lot of time there this past year to do just what we came to Europe to do: Make Disciples. It has been incredibly exhilarating to watch the 7 students there grow closer and closer to their maker.
Just two weekends ago we went on a spiritual retreat with MCAN. Throughout the weekend I got to talk to several of the students and hear what's going on in their lives. I can recognize a similar theme to each of their hearts and that is a deep and real love for God that they haven't had before. I find these kind of people, who really and truly are in love with God, to become more and more rare with the ever compromising world we live in. What's even more exciting than the depths they are finding in Him is that there is still a whole half of a year left in their time with Master's Commission for them to go even further with Him. We, as staff, have 4.5 months left to continuously provide opportunities for them to grow in their walk with God and find even new depths to his character and will for their lives.
In the chaos that can sometimes be our life, this is where our focus is and should stay. I have to admit sometimes life can get too overwhelming with other demands that it becomes easy to lose focus on what we're here for. I pray that these next few months God would help us to stay focused and intentional on walking with these students to the next level with Him. Please pray for this as well.
