Bill Wallace?

I grew up in a church where i thought it was just so much funn to run the whole place. Every room, every closet, every crevace I covered. The church was Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. It wasn't until tonight that I realized that memorial means in memorial of someone. (I know, give me a break.) Bill Wallace was "a man intoxicated with Jesus."

That statement kinda hit me in the teeth, becuase how many of us "Christians" can truly say that about our lives?As I am getting ready for college or life in general I catch myself thinking "what am I going to do with my life?" when in all reality God is sitting in Heaven saying "What are you going to do with MY life?" For so long it has been about me and my feelings, Bill got the concept early in life that life wasn't about him, but about him making God look good. He felt God calling Him early in life to a life of missions. So many times we sit there and think that we don't have anything to offer or we aren't good enough at anything to do anything for the kingdom. Well I have news for you, God doesnt always call the qualified, He qualifies the called. He equips them with exactly what they need WHEN they need it. He doesnt always show you the full picture. He shows piece by piece. (WHICH IS SOOOOOO ANNOYING!)

Bill ended up going to China at the age of 26 after getting His PhD as a surgen. At the same time, a man in China began to pray that God would send a surgeon to China. Bill wrote a letter explaining that He had felt a calling from God since he was eight and had been working out his residence at the hospital in Knoxville and would love to go overseas as a surgeon WHEREVER needed upon completion of the program. God sent Him to China.

Now here's a thought... What if Bill had not been obediant to his calling? To that little voice telling him to do the different tasks in his life? If he hadn't listened, then the prayers of the man in China would not have been answered. Bill was the answer. Who is praying for something that I am the answer? Who is praying for something where you are the answer? The thing is by your obediance, you may be God's way of working, his hands and feet. What an awesome blessing!! Bill was willing to do anything, anywhere for Christ. Christ was His Passion. His sole passion. Jesus Christ was his everything. He was Christ's ambassodor in a communist country. He was willing to go to a place where he knew he could die. Not only was it just overseas. He was walking into a country as people were fleeing it. Yet I have trouble speaking to the kid in the hall or even right next to me in class.

A fellow chinese believer stated that "Bill actually lived out Christ right before us."

Conviction: How many people could say that about me? How many could say it about you? If you asked someone at my high school would they be able to say I resembled Christ even a little? I mean what a testimony to have said about you.

I just am amazed at how big our God truly is. How personal He is. How much joy He can truly give an individual. How He loves me. And I look at other poeple and they don't know that. And if I, if we, dont tell them, then for eternity, they will never feel that peace, that joy, that love that we feel from being loved by our Savior.