What Simple Thing is God Asking You to Do Today?

It can be easy to over complicate what it means to serve God.

“It means moving to another country.”

“It means I have to minister full time.”

“It means I have to go to Bible college first.”

God certainly uses all those things and asks many people to do them. But those things in themselves aren’t where powerful ministry comes from—it is in obedience to God’s leading that the power rests. We expect serving God to be something grand or some huge act, but often powerful fruit for God’s kingdom is the result of a simple word spoken, a simple action carried out.

“‘It’s not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.” —Zechariah 4:6

Ramesh’s story is evidence of the simple power of an obedient servant to his Lord.

Gospel for Asia-supported pastors have to grocery shop, too, yet their attentive hearts to God’s leading enables them to use even the ordinary tasks of life to impact lives for eternity.

‘Chance’ Meeting in the Market

Ramesh’s wife, Terti, wandered around the market. Colorful piles of fruits, vegetables, clothing and maybe even some jewelry covered the area.

A Gospel for Asia (GFA)-supported pastor also strolled through the market, and soon their paths crossed. They struck up a conversation, and Terti heard about the One who Pastor Kuplan served. The things she heard caused her ears to pique, and she soaked up everything Pastor Kuplan explained.

When Terti went home that day, what she tucked among her other treasures from the market was a piece of Gospel literature, while Pastor Kuplan went home with an invitation to visit the family and tell her husband the wonderful things he had told her about the God who died to save His children.

A Friend Like No Other

The next day, Terti and Ramesh welcomed Pastor Kuplan into their home. It was his first time he was able to freely and openly share about Christ in their village, and they paid close attention to him. Their desire to know this merciful Savior grew, and soon a prayer meeting started in their home. Pastor Kuplan helped them learn songs and Scripture verses, which God used to transform their hearts more and more.

Ramesh and Terti fell so in love with Christ they invited Him to make a home in their hearts. Their neighbors grew enraged at their decision and made life difficult—even destroying Ramesh’s crops—but nothing they could do would shake the resolve of the couple.

Although Ramesh and Terti have been shunned by their community, they experience the abiding presence of God in their lives, and they are learning the truth of the old song, “There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus, no not one, no not one!”


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