What I NEED to Know

I am leaving the United States in six days, six days. 

And I am feeling overwhelmed by all that I don’t know.  I don’t know the details of the Buddhist religion, which claims 95% of the nation’s population.  I don’t know the nuances of the Thai culture, and I haven’t spent much time with the language Cd’s we purchased, so all I can say is a stumbled “hello” in the native tongue.  Driving, fixing meals, doing laundry, and homeschooling are all going to look vastly different for me in six days, and I have no idea how I’m going to do them all well.  

But here is the jewel I found this morning in the Bible, the nugget of Truth that pulled my eyes to the only thing I really need to know.  It was written by perhaps the greatest missionary of all time, the apostle Paul:

“And I, when I came to you, I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.  For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.  I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.  And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”  

[ Paul, 1 corinthians 2: 1 - 5]     

“I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” – this spoken by the greatest Christian missionary of all time.   A man who was most qualified because of  his education and training to operate out of knowledge chose to know nothing except Jesus and His obedience.  That’s all.  Jesus. 

And the way He loved.  And the way He served.  And the way He spoke Truth.  And the way He offered Hope.  Just Jesus.

And that was more than enough for Paul.

And it will be more than enough for me {and you},  too. 

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