Boxes, Growth and Victory

On Sunday I attended Hillsong Church here in Cape Town. The message was about speaking the "Language of Victory." We were reading out of the book of Exodus 14:10-29. Moses and the Israelites were facing the impossible (aka the Red Sea) and behind them was Pharaoh and his army. The Israelites cried out to the Lord and then said to Moses "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, 'Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness." To be completely honest, I find myself asking God why his plans take us out of our comfort zones even after we beg and plead for him to take us out of our current situations. And believe me, I BEGGED God to take me out of my last situation. I love NYC and my friends there, but I found that trying to justify working in an environment that was completely consumed by the world was not satisfying. So now I am in Africa, the continent that stole my heart, and am finding myself doubting God's plan. Already. Only after one week. I am struggling with training my brain to think in terms of marketing, business, management and fundraising. Dear God, can I just make things, you know, with my hands? Like design...
Moses answered the Israelites, "Do not be afraid, stand firm, and watch the Lord rescue you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still." Alright, I'm feeling a bit convicted. God has answered a prayer of mine that began over a year ago. He has made for me a path out of the wilderness, rivers in the desert. But no one said growing in Christ was easy. Princess Diana was quoted for saying, "You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable." I am finding that my strengths and where I find joy here are when I'm spending time with people. My heart has definitely landed here, but my brain for thinking how to realistically help these people is still over the Atlantic somewhere. At the same time, I feel like God is teaching me something here. He is waiting for me to come to him as a child needing guidance. I am being taught further humility in this place. He is asking for us to begin to think outside boxes. I need to start thinking outside the box of design as my only tool useful for reaching people. Our own lack of faith is an opportunity to let the Lord rescue us right where we stand. For "the Israelites walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and left." When we allow God to move in us, we can break through boxes and find victory through Christ. I witnessed a victory today. Gloria, the youngest girl in the bakery came into the office. She was asked by one of the staff here if she was feeling like a baker yet. She replied, "I am a baker!"