While at training camp, I was told that the Holy Spirit is the perfect gentleman. He consistently is pursuing me in love, generously supporting me as I grow and never pressing farther until I submit and say, yes.
When Funding the Nations made my shirt, I really had no idea that the phrase One Act of Love at a Time would become my slogan for this season of life. The Lord has been demonstrating His love for me in new and spectacular ways recently. Eleven days before I left home, I realized that my plans for providing for my remaining needs had fallen flat. The resources were diminishing and I was forced to rely on my Father to provide eleven significant needs. Stepping out on faith, I posted about my needs and waited for a bit. In His perfect timing, each need was met with joyful giving of my phenomenal supporters who reached out and prayerfully considered which items to give.
Every penny donated, each prayer whispered and all the many hours of hard work were acts of love blanketing me as I prepared to go. God pursued me by blessing not only the initial gifts but through taking the gifts and providing things I didnt even ask for. A friend donated the money I needed to go get my vaccinations, and when I was at my appointment, my doctor donated over $2,000 of medication! My supporters were not just investing into me, they were models that God placed in my life to teach me how to love selflessly. His provisions are undeniable and His grace more than sufficient!
Each world racer comes to this journey with an expectation that God is going to grow and mature them. Not one of us wants to return home the same way we left- and I am confident that the Lord will break us as we begin to see the world through His eyes. I am currently sitting on the plane heading to South Africa and already my Father is speaking to my heart ase He is purging old thoughts and replacing them with truth. I am loved by the King, and I really cannot keep from singing His praise! As the Lord is exposing areas that He wants to have total reign in my heart, He is providing the support of Scripture and community to direct me to truth and to give me room to respond.
Bringing areas of growth to my attention does not mean automatic transformation: I must first submit and declare that I will allow the Spirit to mature my thoughts, actions and motivations. Saying yes to the call to go on the World Race was just the beginning; now I must choose to say yes daily. Resisting submission will leave you in your comfort zone, but resisting will also leave the Holy Spirit from moving in a little closer, becoming a little more intimate and enabling a little more of His power. It is difficult to submit in some areas, but it truly does bring peace which becomes your new comfort.
God is truly the perfect gentleman, ladies. This is romance as I adore my God-knowing that He delights in me while watching a perfect sunset from my plane. This is excitement as I am following Him to travel around the world. This is love as I know that I am accepted as I am but He is desiring more than I can phantom for my life.
