When I went to the hotel restaurant to get coffee this
morning, our last day in Kenya, I overhead the leader of another mission group ask
if what he was doing through his ministry was actually doing any good in this beautiful
and challenging country.
I am not confused.
The work that God has done at Manna Ministries Kenya this
week has been transformative for many, including those
of us on the Bethel Series mission team from the US. It has become clearer than ever to me that an
understanding of God’s Word in Scripture is of first order of importance.
As Isaiah tells us, “The grass withers, the flower fades; but
the word of our God will endure forever” (Isaiah 40:8).
It is this life-giving Good News proclaimed in
Scripture that brings confidence, peace and joy. I believe this is the reason
that so many of the believers we met were calm and happy. To us, they seem to have little, but their steadfast
faith in Jesus Christ is worth more than anything.
It also has become even more clear that the Bethel Series
with its picture-based lessons transcends language and culture. It is unique in its ability to show the arc
of Scripture so that the Bible comes alive with the revelation that the God of
the Old Testament is the same God in the New Testament.
I will add much more about our trip in the days to come, but
I begin with this observation because, for me, the value of understanding God’s
Word in Scripture is clearly so important that all things, even good things,
are a derivative of it.
Soli Deo gloria!
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