Reunión de siervos / Workers Meeting

On Thursday, June 11, I was present at my first workers' meeting here in Ecuador.  Actually, there are two meetings with a speaking list to let you know in which meeting you will be taking part.  It was wonderful to share in this experience with the staff that I am now a part of.  Glad that it's the same work here and there and everywhere - weak human vessels submitted to God's call and claim on their lives being used by Him as He sees fit.  And it works!  Here are a few thoughts that were shared on this special day.

• Nuestra competencia es de Dios. / Our competency (ability, sufficiency) is of God.

• No queremos solamente servir; queremos tener el espíritu de servicio. / We don't want to just serve; we want to have the spirit of service.

• Cuando Jesús lavó los pies de todos sus discípulos, habría servido para unirles. / When Jesus washed the feet of all of His disciples, it would have united them.

• La falta de unidad es desastrosa. / The lack of unity is disastrous.

• El siervo de Abraham en Gen. 24:2 había empezado como un siervo joven en la casa.  Se quedó, se guardó y ésto era el resultado. / Abraham's servant in Gen. 24:2 would have started out as a young servant in the house.  He stayed and kept himself, and this was the result.

• El buey no nace sabiendo; aprende en el yugo. / The ox isn't born knowing (what to do, how to be useful); he learns in the yoke.

• Hay muchas cosas que quieren desviarnos, distraernos en nuestra búsqueda de pan. / There are many things that want to divert, to distract us in our search for bread.

• Respondiendo al Espíritu nos da valentía. / Responding to the Spirit gives us courage.

• Lo que nos une es cuando estamos unidos con Jesús. / The thing that unites us (as a people, as workers, as a body) is when when we are (individually) united with Jesus.

• A veces vamos probando la tierra antes de sembrar, pero la semilla probará la tierra. / Sometimes we try to prove the ground before we sow, but it's the seed that proves the ground.

• Al tener más comunión con Dios, disfrutaremos más la comunión con nuestros hermanos. / As we have more fellowship with God, we will more fully enjoy fellowship with our brethren.