Where do I BEGIN ? While at Camp in Georgia with over 100 World Racers which is a lot and feels like youth summer camp. Beginning to be challenged already. In our first session we were told that “you will get out of it, what you put into it…engage yourself.” And for some reason I have been very cautious and resistant holding back for some reason? Maybe because the “fear of the unknown”…not knowing/meeting new people, not familiar with my surroundings, not knowing what GOD is going to do or how HE is going to work or show up! GOD reminded and comforted me through HIS words in 2 Timothy 1:7… “For GOD has not given us a spirit of timidity/fear, but of power and love and discipline/sound mind.”
Above is an insert from my journal entry from camp sharing with you about how GOD in one of many small ways was working in my heart and life.
World Race training camp which was in Georgia at the Cherokee Retreat center was spent camping in tents for eight days where is it was humid and rainy. Check out my one man tent below. I was the only person sleeping in a one man tent which was kind of funny!
The challenge set before me was to SURRENDER any and all EXPECTATIONS in order to receive spiritual transformation. Why? Because GOD is calling me DEEPER in my relationship with HIM. The BOX (which we all try to put or contain GOD into) that I have put GOD into must be BROKEN.
One of biggest strong holds in my life is MAN’S APPROVAL.
Galations 1:20… “For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of GOD? Or am I striving to please men?” GOD showed me how much I seek and thrive off of people’s approval and as a result, I act upon what they think of me and not necessary in my identity in JESUS CHRIST. Not good or healthy because this has hindered me from becoming who GOD is calling me to become and has caused my relationship with GOD to be stagnant.
Some other areas in which GOD revealed to me that was hindering my relationship with HIM were:
Fear of rejection……………Fear of failure;
Fear of the unknown……….Approval of man;
Pride……………………… Perfectionism.
Generational sin……………Forgiveness
In each of these areas I was challenged to surrender and to get off the platform in order become more like CHRIST.
Also in training camp, we were put into teams. There were a total of 74 people in my squad…
and we were split into 11 teams.
Below is my team called “Eruption“.
In this photo:
Amanda Burkett, Alexandra Squyres, Megan Dietrich, Caleb Galloway, Heidi Jahraus and Me
My launch date for leaving is July 3rd. Kind of anxious, nervous but definitely excited!
Thanks for all your thoughts & prayers…please keep them up for they are moving the hand & heart of GOD who hears, provides & loves!
