Not in Vain

We need a vision that goes beyond the present struggle. It is so easy to feel the monotony, the lack of results, the endless demands and ask ourselves "am I making any difference, after all?"

Brother Lawrence reports about progress at the building site: We are no longer expecting the heavy rains and the brick making season has come. The work has now taken a full swing at the site...We have to fetch water on bicycles and a wheel barrow some two miles away. We must be careful of the meager finances and I personally have to supervise the work most of the time (in between several weekly Bible studies). So it is going slowly, but we are blessed as we work.

It is only the red clay soil...

It is only one bicycle load of water (and two miles is a long way to carry it)...

Lawrence (below) inspects the bricks for defects. They will be used for the partition walls inside the main building.

It is only a brick... only a bit of mortar... only an earthen wall...

...but it is building upon faith in a living God.
And it is not in vain.

Brother Philip (left) has been a helpful support at the building site.


Isn't it encouraging?
When we give the little we have, whole-heartedly, into the hands of God...
When we set out to trust Him... with no turning back
When we contend in prayer, meeting each doubt with a promise...
When we come boldly to the throne of grace... acknowledging our limitations and need (no matter how great it is)...
will we be disappointed?
No, it is there our Father's full giving is only begun.

Though no rains have fallen, the water drops still send a message of Divine faithfulness. He doesn't forget.

Our little, committed into the hands of the living God, will never be in vain.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:58