I’ve always been one of those people that puts God inside a box. He’s inside this little box nestled way up in the clouds. I know He’s there, but He’s far away and He pretty much just stays in His box.
Then I went to Training Camp.
Whatever box I had God confined to was destroyed within minutes of our first worship session. I think God actually destroyed an imaginary box for me just to show me how wrong I was.
We sang this song…
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever you would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
…. and while we were singing God became REAL. He was ALIVE and He had filled the whole room with His presence. Looking around and seeing hundreds of other racers who were all there for the same reason, singing this song, was beyond powerful. I saw God in every single person as I looked around that room.
So I prayed. I prayed that God that would fill my whole entire heart with His love. Every tiny piece of my heart. At that moment, my squadmate grabbed my arm and said,
“I’m not sure what this means but I know I’m feeling it really strongly for you right now. I see a broken heart and all this love trickling in and filling every empty space.”
WHOA.
That was just the beginning. God had some pretty awesome things up His sleeve for me during Training Camp.
He told me how much He loves me and how proud He is of me. How the fact that my feet are on this ground right now means I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. He healed hearts and He healed wounds. He listened when I prayed. He spoke life into me.
God showed me that He is here and alive today as much as He was thousands of years ago in the books we read in The Bible. His Kingdom isn’t just this mystical place way up in the clouds, it’s right here on earth. And He is exactly the same God that He was before.
He loves the same as He loved before. He heals the same as He healed before. He forgives the same as He forgave before. He listens the same as He listened before. He speaks the same as He spoke before.
If God is the same today as He was before, shouldn’t we disciple in the same way?
