A Dream Fulfilled!!
Posted by adminMar 7
Wow!
I have been so caught up in the business and concentration of preparing for today’s message, that I did not realize until tonight what actually happened! And now that I realize it…I am pretty excited!
Today, God answered a prayer that I have had for years and years and years and years!
No, I’m not anywhere close to competent in speaking Spanish…that one is still to come. I cannot have any real meaningful conversation in Spanish…that one is still to come too. But God allowed me to share His Word in Spanish, and that is totally out of this world amazing!
Ever since I was young I have had a desire to learn Spanish. Maybe it had something to do with my parents taking us to Mexico regularly. Maybe it was the Hispanic neighbors next door. Maybe it was my dad’s co-worker that we got to minister to as a family. Or maybe it was God from the beginning using all types of things like this to plant the seed.
Off and on throughout the years I have tried learning Spanish, and laid it aside frustrated. I have read most of the Bible in Spanish, setup daily routines, taken a class or two, listened to Spanish music, listened to Spanish talk shows, watched movies dubbed in Spanish, married a gorgeous woman who speaks Spanish, watched Spanish movies (like Mi Padrino), etc.
All throughout I knew it was something God had put in my heart…but it was hard to persevere. So I would be encouraged…pick it up…try learning some more…and then lay it aside feeling like I learned nothing. Yet I would still have this desire, to learn. More times than I can count, I have had dreams that I was teaching a Bible study in Spanish.
One thing that I kept holding onto was a promise that God gave me in 2 Kings 3:9-20. In this passage the kings of Israel and Judah come to Elisha because they are going to battle, but there is no water for the armies or their animals. They are dying of thirst, and Elisha responds with this word from God…
2 Kings 3:16 And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’
When you are thirsty, do you like to dig ditches? But God had a plan. They had the job of digging the ditches, and God’s promise was that the ditches would be filled with water.
2Ki 3:17 For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’
A long time ago God directed me to this passage and encouraged me to dig ditches. It is dirty work. Hard. You are thirsty. But keep digging…and one day, at some point, God is going to fill those ditches with water.
2Ki 3:20 Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
This evening it hit me…I shared it with Kim as we were driving…Today God fulfilled His promise and filled the ditches! How amazing is that?! Our God is good, and mighty and wonderful and I look forward to seeing what He will do next!
If you would like to listen to the message, you can click on the link below. To say that I have much to learn and much more practice is required would very possibly be the understatement of all history. So don’t expect too much please. ;-)
Génesis 22 – La Adoración Sacrificial
And now…back to digging some ditches…Preparing for the next round of God pouring out His Spirit!



