It Is Finished.

John 8:1-11

Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, but
early the next morning he was back again

at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and
he sat down and taught them. As he was

speaking, the teachers of religious law and
the Pharisees brought a woman who had

been caught in the act of adultery. They put
her in front of the crowd.

“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman
was caught in the act of adultery.

The Law of Moses says to stone her. What
do you say?”

They were trying to trap him into saying
something they could use against him, but

Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust
with his finger. They kept demanding an

answer, so he stood up again and said, “All
right, but let the one who has never sinned

throw the first stone!” Then he stooped down
again and wrote in the dust.

When the accusers heard this, they slipped
away one by one, beginning with the oldest,

until only Jesus was left in the middle of the
crowd with the woman. Then Jesus stood

up again and said to the woman, “Where are
your accusers? Didn’t even one of them

condemn you?”

“No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said,
“Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”

A woman, that we today would call a prostitute, was presented in front of Jesus. The crowd knew that they had gotten him this time; there was no way He was going to have grace for this one. However, once again, Jesus blew most away from this passage. He looked at the woman in the eyes, KNOWING HER SIN before anything was ever said, and told her, “I don’t condemn you.” All of the others were not able to condemn the woman because they too had fallen short at some point, but here is the sinless Son of God, who could have straightened her up real quick and told her the commandments she was breaking, yet He looked her in the eyes with grace..

God has given me such a heart for human trafficking and prostitutes that some people just don’t flat out understand or approve of it. A response I get a lot is, “Yeah, I get that you want to deal with victims of trafficking.. They’re being held against their will. But prostitutes?” But it kills me. Not only has the Lord given me insight to see past their sin, and past their actions.. The bondage and chains holding them deep within.. But you see, Jesus did not come to condemn but to set free. In John 8, she looked into the eyes of Jesus, and He made her whole. I can only pray that the Lord would use me to do the same: that I could be so in tune with Him, walking in grace, that simply looking into my eyes would shed His love and mercy upon girls who have lost all hope..

When people doubt my ministry and my vision for long enough and I get discouraged in the flesh, at times I just look in the mirror some days and I am just like, “Kayla, what in the world are you doing with your life?” It’s true. Everything has changed. My plans, goals, views, heart.. nothing is the same, and I have lost all of who I once was. But you know, it’s not about me, and I think that’s what makes all of this worth it. It’s about Him, and how He can be glorified. And if that means busting into brothels, so be it, but it’s not even about that. Yeah setting them free out of a brothel is wonderful, but if they don’t have freedom in CHRIST, the likely of them becoming anything more than a prostitute or stripper is slim. I have gotten to the place where I can say if it’s not about You, it’s not what I’m about. Because flat out, I want His presence and nothing less. Over and over in the Word you see God’s heart for the captives: not just literal slaves, but the lost who are being withheld from Him, and I really believe that God’s heart right now is beating for freedom, and I can only ask for mine to be the same.

For a while now I have been praying against the strongholds of patrilineal societies in Asia. You see, the reason why there is such a huge risk of child slavery throughout Asia and India and such countries right now is because of the patrilineal system over there. A family has to have a son to carry on the family’s work, inheritance, ect. They cannot afford having many children, and if they do not have a son for a while, they have to do something with their daughters, which is typically where the sex slavery and human trafficking come into play. These girls have the power and authority of men shoved so deeply in their heads and in their self-esteems, and it just breaks my heart. But tonight while praying, God gave me some revelation about the matter. We are all a part of a patrilineal society to the Ultimate Father. And I should be praying that these girls could see their Father in Heaven as their authority in love and in freedom, not in condemnation like their earthly fathers. Their fathers here on Earth have sold them into misery, but their Father in Heaven bought them by the blood of Christ. These girls understand the authority of a man a lot better than we in America do in most families, yet most have never heard that they have a Heavenly Father who loves them enough to die for them.

I am going to Thailand in less than two months, and each day I get more and more excited. Not only because it’s Asia an I have desired to go there for sooo long (The Lord is faithful!!!), but I am thrilled to be going for a month, and working along side the World Race. I do not know exactly what we will be doing, but I do know that our ministry will be working with victims of child slavery and human trafficking, and possibly some prostitution. And you know, I cannot wait to be able to look those girls in the eyes and tell them that they are loved and they are not condemned. To be able to hold my girls who were sold as children and tell them, “He has sent me here because He loves you that much.”

I cannot wait to hold my girls in my arms and tell them “It is finished.” It’s done. The pain is over. He has paid the price, and you are free. (John 19:29)

-kf