Teach Us Your Ways – A Daily Devotion Inspired by Haiti
Exodus 33:13
“If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
To the people of Israel God showed his acts, but to Moses He showed His ways.
Today while rushing to get to a field hospital in Port au Prince, then off to receive a team at the airport (all to help Haiti), it was very easy in the heat of the moment to work on problems without seeing THE problem – hurting people. As we rolled up to a security gate a large UN bus blocked our path. It was a bit of a nuisance as we had so much to do and so little time – all good stuff but…
I watched as the bus driver stopped and handed a Halal MRE (meal ready to eat) to a small Haitian boy standing at the gate in front of us. I then noticed the Jordanian patch on his military uniform and was challenged by his compassion and the significance of the moment. It is so easy to help the crowds but miss the individual person. Yet this driver was moved to act and to serve. It provides a reminder of what our own Lord modeled so well – that while Jesus could speak to multitudes, He always ministered to individuals.
Can we not also keep our eyes ever open to see both the near and the far? The crowd AND the little boy who needs to eat? Let us as believers learn from the heart of God who speaks to us even using those who do not share our faith. In so doing may we not only learn the acts of God, but also His ways. Then may we too see the joy of compassion ministry reflected in the full toothed smile of a little boy who will get to eat tonight.
Dr. Jim Lindgren is President and Founder of Window of Hope and an ordained minister in the Arizona District. He has led a disaster medical response team to Haiti and collaborated with Convoy of Hope to provide relief to the victims of the January earthquake. Convoy has provided over 3.6 million meals to the hungry in Haiti.
