Devotional Thoughts...

Isaiah 49:6 says, "...I will make you as a light for the nations; that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth." In my reading this week, I came across this verse and knew that it was to be my purpose verse for the next 2 years. As I received my class list yesterday there were names on it I could hardly pronounce, as well as names that were quite familiar. As expected, my classroom will be extremely diverse. Students from India, Japan, the states, and other countries will come into my classroom with their ideas and beliefs daily; and I have the responsibility and opportunity to share the love of Christ with each one daily! It can be a very overwhelming thought! However, God has enabled me, called me, and prepared me to be a light for the nations, to share His salvation with the ends of the earth. I am encouraged as I read in Revelation 7:9 "...a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and people and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb..." That means that some of the 126 million people in Japan who are currently perishing in their sins, will be part of that huge worship service in heaven one day. I have a part to play in this ministry and it begins in my classroom, with my students and their families. Thank you for your prayers...as I really let that reality sink in I find myself so unworthy! Yet HE is worthy and by HIS power this weak vessel can shine for Him.