After more than 20 years of living in Germany, I still remember exactly the time when Jan and I said that we would follow the Lord everywhere in this world – but not to Germany.
You might ask now how it was possible that we invested our life precisely here, that we worked precisely here in a country and among people – and enjoyed our work – when we did not consider it possible at the beginning?
God‘s work does not tell us that God first calls the capable ones but that He enables the called ones. God is looking for vessels that He can fill with Himself, not vessels that are already filled with themselves. But with those who are empty He can do impossible things, because they have to trust Him completely.
I remember that we felt really incapable when we followed the calling to Germany. Incapable to communicate understandably, because we did not know the language and culture. Incapable and therefore completely dependent on God, who had to enable us and carry us through.
With his call, God also gives the potential to fulfill it.
Furthermore, we realized that God goes certain steps with the people he wants to use to bring His glory, His life and His message to the world:
Article by Brad Thurston. The information was summarized from a lecture by Günter Krallmann. Translated from German by Natalie Cuc.
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