The Lord has really been using outreach in my life to teach me more about Him and how He can work in people’s lives. So many times as we are going to the county jail for outreach each Thursday I find myself nervous and concerned about how things will go. The Lord used one of the outreach coordinators to help me understand why I was feeling this way.
The reason for my nervousness and even lack of desire to go sometimes is my self-focus. I am not really thinking about the people at the county jail as much as I am thinking about myself. If I am teaching that week, how will I come off, will they listen, will I make a fool of myself, will anyone participate in discussions. If I go into the pods (cell blocks) will they talk to me, will someone ask me a question that I do not know the answer to.
The Lord showed me and I am trusting Him to continue to grow me up in this area. To help me to focus on Him, realize that He has a plan for that day. If the plan is for me to be speechless at a question, to have no one want to talk…it is His plan and His work.
So often I find myself results oriented instead of just walking with Him and looking to Him as I go to outreach. This last week I had the opportunity to talk with two guys in one of the pods Ron and Verne. If you would pray for these men and their families that would be awesome.
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