To my young Naga brothers and sisters, In the New Testament we find the land of Israel under Roman rule. This rule had extended all the way to include Egypt as well. The one proud and great Egyptians were struggling under Roman rule. They were no longer in control of great things. However, we find an interesting tale in the New Testament of how the Egyptian people in spite of this rule were able to offer something amazing.
Jesus Christ and his Parents found shelter among the Egyptians when they were fleeing King Herod. The Egyptians gave them what they had, their hospitality and their kindness to the family of Jesus Christ. They gave what they had in spite of their difficulty. Even today, Egyptian Christians in spite of the difficulties they face, are among the most hospitable and loving people. This deep gift God has given these people, they use them freely and share it freely.
The book of Romans in chapter 11 verse 29 says, "For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn." Whom God gifts and puts a calling, it never changes. The young men and women of Naga have a great calling. This calling is deep, and ancient, put in them by the living God as in Jeremiah 1:5 ""I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations."
God appoints and puts a calling on each human being. They choose to either accept that calling or reject it, but God's calling and gifting to each one of us remains unchanged and eternal. The young men and women in Nagalim have a calling. In-spite of the current difficulties and rejections they have faced, the world is waiting for these men and women to be a great blessing and healing to this world. The little known and much suffered tribes the Naga, with whom I spend my childhood and had great privilege of seeing their life and pain, has given me the inspiration to face my own life after my conversion to Christianity and the difficulties I had to face. Today, their story is spreading to many parts of the world. I share their story to many tribes throughout the world who face similar difficulties, including the Egyptian Coptic Christians whose ancestors sheltered Jesus Christ.
In this world there is much suffering in many nations, and a crying need for the gospel of Jesus Christ even more so for the Christian values and message that the Naga young men and women are so privileged to receive and acknowledge in their unique culture. In many of the far east and South East Asian countries, where there are lots of similarities as well as in western nations of Australia and my own country of New Zealand , there is a deep need to see those values.
Certain people groups and cultures carry with them a message and a story that is unique to their own. God uses this to often teach others many lessons or even to shape other cultures in the directions they are to take. A person's gifting is not just limited to his education or abilities, but his character and his culture and the values inherited.
When God creates and gives something, He calls it good, we see it many times in the Bible. He names his creation as "good". While obstacles and difficulties come, what may appear as a rock through all the pressure and heat turns it into a diamond that sparkles and is a jewel.
The world is calling to the tribes in North East. The greater East Asian region as well as the world, that is thirsting to see these deep and innocent values once again bring healing to our hearts and minds. Young Naga men and women have this opportunity that is now about to arrive and transform their lives. The opportunities God sends, is not about changing you as a people, but equipping you and enhancing your values, like a diamond being polished and given.
The first step to using your calling is to surrender yourself to God and ask Him to use you to the full potential that you can be used. Jesus said "When you ask your Father for a good thing, he shall not give you a bad thing". It is with this faith you need to ask God, to use you to the full potential that you can be used, for all your gifts and callings to be utilized to be a blessing to the Greater Asian region and the world.
Whatever opportunities God sends in form of education, employment or networking with the outside world, use it, embrace it and grow in it, these are the keys to success in life and in the future to help your own people and tell their story to the greater world. With God who is infinite and endless, there are infinite and endless possibilities and the first step to this, begins with our surrender to Him. When we believe what Romans 11:29 says, we believe in the calling and gifting God has put in each one of us, as with Jeremiah the prophet, each and every one of us has been given a task and mission.
By asking God to take control of it and fulfil it, we have given him the spiritual mandate to go ahead, and use us. Nothing after this can stop us, what may appear as temporary problems will be solved by God's grace and His providence. He provides and He fulfils. Whatever God says never returns void, but fulfils its purpose. That is the faithfulness of God.
He has a mission and a purpose for the Naga youth. The sun is now rising, and in the coming years shall shine brightly, whatever you have lost you shall gain double fold, and accomplish twice that of your ancestors. All you do is take the first step, and surrender fully your calling and gifts to God, and ask Him to use it.
And God will. This is the covenant you make with God, that you will live your life and calling, no matter what and this is the promise God makes to you, He will fulfil His calling and gifting in you to the full potential, no matter what.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 20:11.
Jesus Christ and his Parents found shelter among the Egyptians when they were fleeing King Herod. The Egyptians gave them what they had, their hospitality and their kindness to the family of Jesus Christ. They gave what they had in spite of their difficulty. Even today, Egyptian Christians in spite of the difficulties they face, are among the most hospitable and loving people. This deep gift God has given these people, they use them freely and share it freely.
The book of Romans in chapter 11 verse 29 says, "For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn." Whom God gifts and puts a calling, it never changes. The young men and women of Naga have a great calling. This calling is deep, and ancient, put in them by the living God as in Jeremiah 1:5 ""I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations."
God appoints and puts a calling on each human being. They choose to either accept that calling or reject it, but God's calling and gifting to each one of us remains unchanged and eternal. The young men and women in Nagalim have a calling. In-spite of the current difficulties and rejections they have faced, the world is waiting for these men and women to be a great blessing and healing to this world. The little known and much suffered tribes the Naga, with whom I spend my childhood and had great privilege of seeing their life and pain, has given me the inspiration to face my own life after my conversion to Christianity and the difficulties I had to face. Today, their story is spreading to many parts of the world. I share their story to many tribes throughout the world who face similar difficulties, including the Egyptian Coptic Christians whose ancestors sheltered Jesus Christ.
In this world there is much suffering in many nations, and a crying need for the gospel of Jesus Christ even more so for the Christian values and message that the Naga young men and women are so privileged to receive and acknowledge in their unique culture. In many of the far east and South East Asian countries, where there are lots of similarities as well as in western nations of Australia and my own country of New Zealand , there is a deep need to see those values.
Certain people groups and cultures carry with them a message and a story that is unique to their own. God uses this to often teach others many lessons or even to shape other cultures in the directions they are to take. A person's gifting is not just limited to his education or abilities, but his character and his culture and the values inherited.
When God creates and gives something, He calls it good, we see it many times in the Bible. He names his creation as "good". While obstacles and difficulties come, what may appear as a rock through all the pressure and heat turns it into a diamond that sparkles and is a jewel.
The world is calling to the tribes in North East. The greater East Asian region as well as the world, that is thirsting to see these deep and innocent values once again bring healing to our hearts and minds. Young Naga men and women have this opportunity that is now about to arrive and transform their lives. The opportunities God sends, is not about changing you as a people, but equipping you and enhancing your values, like a diamond being polished and given.
The first step to using your calling is to surrender yourself to God and ask Him to use you to the full potential that you can be used. Jesus said "When you ask your Father for a good thing, he shall not give you a bad thing". It is with this faith you need to ask God, to use you to the full potential that you can be used, for all your gifts and callings to be utilized to be a blessing to the Greater Asian region and the world.
Whatever opportunities God sends in form of education, employment or networking with the outside world, use it, embrace it and grow in it, these are the keys to success in life and in the future to help your own people and tell their story to the greater world. With God who is infinite and endless, there are infinite and endless possibilities and the first step to this, begins with our surrender to Him. When we believe what Romans 11:29 says, we believe in the calling and gifting God has put in each one of us, as with Jeremiah the prophet, each and every one of us has been given a task and mission.
By asking God to take control of it and fulfil it, we have given him the spiritual mandate to go ahead, and use us. Nothing after this can stop us, what may appear as temporary problems will be solved by God's grace and His providence. He provides and He fulfils. Whatever God says never returns void, but fulfils its purpose. That is the faithfulness of God.
He has a mission and a purpose for the Naga youth. The sun is now rising, and in the coming years shall shine brightly, whatever you have lost you shall gain double fold, and accomplish twice that of your ancestors. All you do is take the first step, and surrender fully your calling and gifts to God, and ask Him to use it.
And God will. This is the covenant you make with God, that you will live your life and calling, no matter what and this is the promise God makes to you, He will fulfil His calling and gifting in you to the full potential, no matter what.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 20:11.
