The Lord’s been moving and speaking to me a lot lately. He’s been connecting the dots, showing me how moments of my life and moments of the race have all led ultimately to Him. Led to deeper intimacy with the Father. A deeper love that I’ve been searching for my whole life. He’s been whispering to me the hidden truths of who I am in Him. That the greatest work He could ever do isn’t the work through me but rather the work within me. Only then will I overflow with His love.
I take comfort in knowing that even as hard as the race has been (and trust me, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done) the Lord has never left my side. He has me right where He wants me. And that’s in a place of complete brokenness and total dependence. It’s in my weakness that He is made strong.
I look back at the first 7 months of the race and remember my defining moments. Both good and bad. The mountain tops and the valleys. God is showing me where He was in all of it. Yes, even the couple of times I wanted to pack my bags and get the heck outta here. He was there especially in those moments reminding me why I came in the first place. To seek Him. To experience Him. To be shaken up and molded into by Him into His image.
He is speaking so clearly to me His will and purpose of bringing me on this crazy adventure called the World Race. I have seen incredibly amazing things these last 7 months. Seen people be delivered, set free, supernatural healings, demons cast out, restored relationships, people accepting Jesus for the first time, the list goes on. But I can honestly say the greatest thing I’ve experienced is the change He’s doing within me. He is taking me through a season of pruning. Cutting off dead branches and watering the fruitful ones. Allowing His love to pour out of the overflow of my heart.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”
– John 15:1-4
—- Be fruitful my friends —-
