BTC Mission Trip: Where Are You God?

By Winson George:From the first day of stepping foot on the streets at Kamathipura and New Bombay, there was perhaps no greater emotion than rage that had engulfed my heart and mind.  If it were up to me, I would be quick to become angry and justice would be very swift. How can the one we call Abba-Father possibly be slow to anger when His daughters are being slaughtered physically, emotionally, and spiritually?! Yesterday, on our third and final day of the free community medical clinic, the outreach team walked through row homes of brothels, many with young girls and older women sitting on every step leading up to each floor.  I had the opportunity to walk into a room no larger than 4ft. X 6ft. and speak with a woman who was servicing up to 15 men a day for the past 40 years. She is 55 years old, knows no other reality, and is enslaved by fear to even consider an alternative.  Where are you God ?

Two doors down the same street, on the third floor, is a larger room with a trap door that leads upstairs to four “cages”, all the right sizes to hold a small girl.  However, this brothel has been closed for business.  Today, there lives a former madam (overseer and facilitator of the day to day life of the brothel), of whom the gates of her hellish heart could not remain closed. She had met the Great Redeemer. The good news of the gospel was too great to leave the current place and a find a new home.  She has remained ever since and has released her 12 enslaved girls. She now holds weekly prayer meetings and lives and shares the gospel message to the girls in the adjacent rooms, all of which are active brothels.

Christ is alive and more present than we ever thought!  He is sovereignly in control and this is only one of many stories we have heard on this trip.

Uncle Devaraj had shared during our week that every time he hears such stories, he is reassured that Jesus is alive.  He is indeed alive! Is there still much suffering? Absolutely. Is the Great Redeemer at work? Absolutely! His timing, we must trust, is perfect. He is writing the most amazing stories, all to His Glory.

Psalm 103
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed…..
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him….