Amazing.
That’s how I describe my God.
Mighty. Powerful. Sovereign. Perfect. Wise. Loving.
How great is the might of my God! We so often fail to realize His power in our day to day lives. Greg Gomez felt God calling him to serve for the summer in Peru. As a recent graduate in the field of engineering, Greg decided to delay the start of a new job to serve my God, our God in Peru for the summer. What a risk, right? No. God is sovereign. He is in control of everything. In following God’s will, Greg gave his life while reaching those who have never heard the Good News of salvation!
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” –Romans 10:14, 15
Praise Him that He is in control.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. –Romans 8:28
One of Greg’s friends wrote this about him:
“Greg was destined to die serving God. It didn’t have to be in Peru or in Mexico or Africa. It didn’t have to be in the projects of Nashville at MFUGE, or at the homeless shelter downtown St. Louis. Greg was going to die serving the Lord because he served Him everyday in his everyday life. Greg was always on mission just so happens he’s was in Peru this summer.”
What a convicting and encouraging message. My prayer is that the same thing could be said of my life. What a challenge to serve God in ALL that we do so that no matter how or when we die, we have died serving our Creator, our Savior!
I didn't even know Greg yet feel his loss deep within me because of the bond that we shared in Christ and in our calling to share Christ with those in Peru. I am amazed at God's divine, perfect plan and His might. It's tragic that we so often lose sight of just how wise He really in times that we, as human beings, can’t seem to reconcile as just or fair. It was His will for Greg to be called home in that bus crash, and my prayer that He will be glorified among the nations through it.
Praise be to Him who loved us so much that He sacrificed His SON for our salvation!
“May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine upon us,
that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.
May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
Then the land will yield its harvest,
and God, our God, will bless us.
God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
-Psalm 67
