The last week and a half has been absolutely crazy. We have been busy almost every single day and the Lord has just been incredible. Firstly, our team has just come alive. I feel like we went from a group of people thrown together, not having a clue what to do, to a group of people who love each other and are committed to serving each other and following God no matter what. I feel like all of this started for me with a kick in the pants. Those of you who read my last blog will have an idea of what I am talking about, but to continue the story, let me share with you what happened a couple of Saturdays ago. 
Our squad leader Hannah had come for a surprise visit to encourage us and pray for us. In the process of that she had us do a listening prayer exercise. If you haven’t hear that term before, listening prayer is called many different things, including prophetic, but it is really just praying and listening to the voice of the Father. This particular exercise was to remind us that the Lord is ever present, loves us and wants us to hear His voice. What we did was to draw a random name and pray for whomever it was, asking the Lord to speak or show us anything that He might want to share with that person. We were not to look at the name, but just to trust that the Lord knew who they were and what they needed, and to write it down as the Lord spoke to our hearts.
While I was praying and asking the Lord to speak to me, I was honest with Him. I just wasn’t sure He was going to speak up. I mean, part of me felt like if He had wanted me to share something with one of my teammates that He just would have impressed upon me to speak to them. But honestly, it was just plain fear. Why would the Lord speak to me just because I asked? … I have said it before, and I will say it again. Our GOD is FAITHFUL. He spoke, and when He spoke, I was struck overwhelmingly with the force of His presence and a sense of enormous might, almost too much to handle standing up. This was GOD speaking to me. The same God who answered Job (ch. 38), “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?” Here is what He said:
STEP UP.
Stop talking about it and become who you were made to be.
Cut the cord. Do not be afraid of the next step I have for you.
I am here.
I AM HERE.
Before I had even opened it, I knew… the name on the slip of paper was my own.
I wish I could impress upon you the sense of awe and power I was almost quailed by. I had only once before in my life felt the holy fear of God in a tangible way. And this was different. This was God reminding me that He was God and was with me; that He had called me, equipped me, and sent me out. So, if He was with me, how dare I still cower in 
the shadows?
I was completely shaken for a good 24 hours. The God of the universe, who calls me daughter, had called my name and given me a mandate in the space of a few minutes. I am still in the process of figuring out exactly how to walk in it, but how can I refuse?
A call to arms has been issued, and not just to me, many on our squad and around the world have arisen… the dry bones are starting to rattle*.
*Ezekiel 37
