A Divine Love. Thankful.

Thanksgiving. As I reflect on my life, it is of no struggle to find an innumerable amount of "things" to be thankful for. When I say "things", I am speaking of people, moments, possessions, opportunities etc... But as I try to narrow it down to what I am most thankful for, all things lead back to the man Jesus. I am in utter awe when I think of the effect this divine being has had in my life. My life would be non-existent without Him. All things came into being through Him...(John 1:3). He is the glue that holds this broken life together....

A holy God places His Spirit inside fallen man. What a beautiful picture. I reflect on the past 10 years of my life and I am amazed at where I stand today. A once broken drug addict, on the verge of death, now stands full of life and filled with the fiery Spirit of God. It's beyond human comprehension to try and understand this God who is full of mercy and compassion.  God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them...(2 Corinthians 5:19). 

 Sinful humanity is ravenously pursued by God. His divine hunger for mankind to experience His love caused Jesus to willingly endure the cross. After he experienced the most excruciating death, He not only rose from the grave and ascended into heaven, but He then sent His Holy Spirit to come as our Comforter. This type of love doesn't make sense. His endless pursuit of people who run from Him is the most beautiful story that has ever taken place. And it is currently happening as I write. For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His (2 Chronicles 16:9).  He is constantly seeking out His lost children. When we allow ourselves to be found, that is when the unending celebration begins. Not only are we cleansed by His blood, but we are filled with His fire. He takes our life of ashes and gives us the beautiful assignment of representing Him on earth.

So, today, I am thankful for the God who pursued me until I had nowhere else to run. His love broke through a hard heart. I am in debt to this God. He is the reason I am alive, therefore He is the reason I choose to live. Living any other life than for Him makes no sense. I willingly lay every dream and desire down for the sake of gaining more of Him....However, the amazing thing about this God is that He actually enjoys fulfilling the desires of our heart! As we lay down our dreams, He purifies them and hands them back. I love this God.

Following His Leading...

Proverbs 19:21

You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail.

The above verse has become a very evident truth to me over the past two weeks. As most of you who are reading this know, I have had plans to be traveling back to Wales in January and then again in July (2013).  However, the Lord had different plans in mind. I will not be traveling to Wales in January. I do believe that the Lord is calling myself and several others to continue the work in Wales at some point, however, it won't be in January. Due to some situations out of our control, our plans have been put on hold at the moment. 

Praise God, when one doors shuts, He opens another!

Upon my return to Kona, I found out that not only would my trip not happen in January, I also found out that the DTS I was going to be staffing next April will no longer be running.  I was given several options to pray into, and I received direction from the Lord very quickly.

On January 15th I will be traveling with the leader of my DTS this past year and his family, along with a few others, to the following places:

                                     Pasadena, CA - Jan. 15th - Jan. 28th

                                     Seoul, South Korea - Jan. 28th - Feb. 11th

                                     Thailand/Cambodia - Feb. 11th - March 4th

           Aaron (my DTS Leader) is an amazing worship leader. He has been invited to several YWAM bases to come lead and teach on worship. We will be there with him to help minister and pray for people during times of ministry. We will also be doing street evangelism and anything else that the Lord may open up for us. Our heart is to serve wherever we go. In Mark 10:45 we see that Jesus did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many, and we long to follow that example. We have a community being planted in Pasadena that is longing to see revival among the college campuses in America. We will be running with them for 2 weeks, pressing in to see God move in Southern California. From there we will travel to SE Asia. There a few YWAM bases that we will be connecting with there. Fire and Fragrance has been sending teams to these locations over the past few years and we are going with the intent to see these relationships continue to grow and watch the Lord pour out His Spirit in these areas. God has done amazing things through the base in Cambodia over the past five years and I can not wait to not only impart what I have to give, but also to receive an impartation of what they are carrying.

I look forward to sharing this journey with you! My missions account with YWAM has now been set up. I will paste my address at the bottom of this update. If the Lord speaks to you about partnering with me financially, checks can be made out to YWAM and they will send you a receipt for tax purposes. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at znash22@gmail.com or call me at 865-257-5996. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support! Be blessed!


Zach Nash
University of the Nations
75-5851 Kuakini Hwy #13
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740