Around here, we like making declarations.
I declare that I am a daughter of the most high king.
I declare that the enemy has no power over me.
I declare that my voice is important and I speak with the authority of Jesus Christ.
I declare that I am worthy, loved, valued.
I declare that my presence shifts atmospheres.
Good things I- and many a Racer- have shouted from a mountaintop, rooftop, while standing on a chair/bed or any other place of empowerment. Bathtub? Check.
Today, I make a different kind of declaration.
I declare that I am a writer.
If there’s one thing that’s gotten me uncomfortable since being back Stateside it’s writing.
Blogs, newsletters, emails, video scripts, call scripts, trip descriptions- just some of the writing I have been doing my first month working with Adventures in Missions.
If you know me, you know that there were 3 things I absolutely did NOT want to do when I returned home from the mission field:
1) Work for Adventures
2) Live in Georgia
3) Support raise…again.
And what did God ask of me? All of the above.
There is something else you’ve got to know: Never have I felt so confident about where God has me, right here, right now. I couldn’t say that five weeks ago. But I am saying it now.
I have the privilege to work and live among some pretty radical believers who’s normal is different, who don’t accept mediocrity, who stop at nothing to bring the kingdom. They not only ooze with the glory of God, but they intentionally invest that back into the people around them, into ME. In a conversation last week, Jeff Goins told me, “I am not just interested in what you can bring to Adventures. I am here to see that you live out your calling.” I’ve been told this by many people in various ways around this community. And these aren’t the kind of people that just say things, there is always action behind words.
After a month, I am learning, growing, experiencing, doing, seeing, feeling, laughing more than I ever thought possible. Ask any World Race participant and they’ll tell you, the Race breaks you. This current season at Adventures is taking that brokenness and using it to fuel my passions into something bigger than myself while unwrapping a future that is bigger than I could ever dream.
This move wasn’t easy or comfortable. I am working in the United States on a support-raised salary. I am constantly relying on God and others. I write copy and do content marketing- not the style I’ve done in the past. People other than my family and supporters read my blogs. I get feedback on everything. Talk about a vulnerable place. But vulnerability is what I’ve been working towards for months now. This began on the Race and continues today, everyday. I am seeing prophecy come to fruition and promises come to pass. I am in the midst of development, but can thankfully say that God is already revealing some fruit from it. And big things are on the horizon.
Not only am I developing as a writer and gaining spiritual formation, but I have the chance to join a band of believers mobilizing a generation to step up and take part in the great commission- go into all the world, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, bring the kingdom.
So I may not be C.S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, or Jane Austen, but I am a writer. I’ve been told time and again that I have a prophetic voice- I just never knew how God would decide to use it. I write. I love it, I do it; it’s in my veins, it’s in my heart, I am a writer. Today, this is my role in the kingdom. Even when it’s uncomfortable, I write.
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