Blessability (by Thom)

OK, I know it’s not really a word, but during our recent conference in Dakar, Senegal, “blessability” turned out to be our running theme.

Nothing is worth losing the blessing of God for! Blessability is THE major issue that determines whether you have success or failure, resources or need, victory or defeat. And blessability is dependent upon one thing - am I fully obeying the Lord in this area? Am I carefully following His ways in this situation? There is no amount of hard work, scheming, talking, planning that can make up for God's blessing not being there. – Ron Hutchcraft, “Daddy’s Smile”

The quote illustrates the importance of our lives and actions. As bookkeepers for the Christian & Missionary Alliance, and as servants to the other missionaries, we want to be accountable to God, to the other missionaries, and also to the institutions around us, like our auditors and governments. What an encouragement it was to me to hear these words, as well as to meet other missionary bookkeepers. Aside from our Regional Bookkeeper in Dakar, I hadn’t met any other people in my same role here in Africa. We had bookkeepers representing the fields of Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, and Senegal. Most of us have only served in this role for a short time, so we also had a lot to collectively discuss and learn.

Please pray for us in Mali, and in the other African fields, as we seek the Lord’s Will in our bookkeeping, so that we are fully obeying and putting the mission in a blessable position.