We have completed our third out of four weeks of our annual
“Muzha wa Yesu” (slave of Christ) seminar! It has been our best yet. This group of forty men have overcome significant challenges
to make this school happen.
They’ve sacrifice time, money, and even food to come and be feed
spiritually by the Word. After
this last week, the men will return to their congregations (who also paid money
to help send each student) and teach all that they have learned for the rest of
the year. We are seeing great
maturity with these leaders. They
have really grown in their knowledge of the Word and in their commitment to
Christ. I had an especially great
time teaching a part of Hebrews.
These men relate to the Hebrews in many ways. They face persecutions that could lead to things such as
cursing from others, which is a scary thing for these people. Many of our young churches have
struggled with people falling back to their old belief system. However, these men are learning to have
faith and hope in the better promises of God. I had them list the promises of their past belief system
with the promises of God and see which are better. It was a telling class, but they all agreed that God’s promises
are better. Of course, it’s easy
to say that, but as the writer of Hebrews urges—we must live it. I’m constantly challenged by the faith
of these men. They have to make
very big decisions to give up the false security of their traditional practices. It certainly challenges me to think on
the promises offered in my home culture.
Things like putting faith in money, insurances, and comforts of life
often times become a temptation.
Together with these Zambian men let us all consider the better, lasting
promises of God to be better than that which is temporary. Please pray for this final week for
these men to have the strength carry on in learning and the courage to take the
messages back to their homes.
Blessings - Jeremy
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