2 Corinthians 5:1-10 "Our Heavenly Dwelling"
Well, we're excited and expectant! Thanks to Papa God we made it safely to South Africa! Marlene and I are so blessed to have the opportunity to "go to the nations and make disciples" (Matt 2
As we woke up early this morning (jet lag is the best..ha) I was filled with joy knowing that we are in the will of our Father. There's no greater joy than knowing you are right where Papa wants you and I'm full of peace because that's where we are. We're walking in our DESTINY...What we are created for.
"Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands" (2 Cor 5:1). As I read this verse this morning I was filled with peace knowing that my "home" isn't this world, my home is Heaven. It's funny...we are actually on our way to do disaster relief work in the bush of Mozambique from the cyclone Funzo and we'll be living in a tent for close to a month in flood zones...but I'm not worried one bit. This tent isn't home, our home wasn't built with human hands, but we are in the hands of our daddy God and we can rest assured that our dwelling place is in heaven. "Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come" (2 Cor 5:5). The Lord reminded me that He created us for this very purpose "to preach the good news of salvation to the poor" (Isa 61:1) and that the Holy Spirit is our guarantee that there are GREAT THINGS TO COME! We're expecting to see miracles, signs and wonders but most of all we just want people to know that their daddy in heaven has prepared a place for them and "this tent" is not their home. "We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor 5:7). We're headed to Maputo tomorrow (the capital city of Mozambique) and our flight ends there...we booked our flight to Maputo "by faith" (to buy a truck that we need to build our first Shekinah Healing Home) and we yet to have all the funds we need to purchase it, but Papa reminded me that we walk by faith not by sight. Our faith is in Him, not what the world tells us! Hallelujah!
"We make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad" (2 Cor 5:9,10). Our goal on this new pioneering adventure is to please Him who sent us. To bring Him glory and honor and all praise! We want to share His extravagant love, that everyone we meet may know the love of the Father.
Thank you all for the prayers and support! "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God."
Blessings, Grace & Peace in Him,
Nick
