I am in Gainesville this week helping with L squad training camp. This group leaves for the race in October and they have been an amazing and inspiring group to work with. I have seen a quiet, slightly tentative group of guys and girls slowly, through the week, turn into Anointed, bold, fearless men and women of God. They have let go of all the junk that was their life and they have jumped in to the water that is the Fully alive call to this Generation.
I see a generation, rising up to take their place
A selfless faith, a selfless faith.
I see a new revival, coming as we pray and sing
We’re on our knees, we’re on our knees.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the Highest!
My heart jumps inside my chest every time I see a new group of 20 somethings wake up and realize that there is more to this life of faith than we have been shown or that we have been living. It is time to count the cost of true discipleship. The stage is set, He is gathering His army for something big and He wants us to be a part. I am overwhelmed by the honor that carries. I have been asked by the King of the Universe to fight for Him! YES LORD. Our hearts cry in unison to our Father. Yes, we are willing to lay down our lives, the ones we thought we would have! We are ready to walk out under your banner and declare that we are taking back territory that the devil has claimed as His own. We claim our families, we claim our towns, we claim our country, we claim our generation, we claim Asia, we claim South America, we claim Africa, Europe, and Central America. God has sealed it for Himself. It is His, we just get to go take it!
SO, where do I fall in all of this? Since returning home I have found myself in a bit of a lost place. Not really sure of where my place was and what it looked like. I pray for these racers and my H squad and ask God to move in them. I get to be part of an amazing community praying and seeking God’s Kingdom to come in DC. And yet, with all these things I love; that I get to participate in, I feel caught between what is and what is to come.
Ashley and I got to go out with Mike and Patti last night and it was such a sweet time. I got to just be with them. As I shared my heart I heard myself say; “I feel like I know part of my purpose but I don’t know how to fit that into my reality.” Mike, in all his wisdom as a father in my life, said that it was like being on a trapeze. I see myself holding so tightly to where I have been and God is on the other side calling me to jump to Him. His hand is outstretched beckoning me to release and my response is “Come get me. Take my hand and then I’ll let go.” He shakes His head and says “Trust me, let go and I will catch you.”
So, I am here today still on the trapeze having no idea what is next and saying Okay God, I’m letting go! I am jumping in TRUST and believing that YOU are going to catch me. I believe that in the right time You will bring my hearts desires together. You will bring order and vision where I see chaos and desert. I declare today that I will wait for You. I will Jump first and find out where it leads later. I love you, I trust you, and I say you are good…even when I’m not so sure about the fall.
YOUR KINGDOM COME , YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH!
YOUR KINGDOM GOD, AND NOTHING MORE!
I am home but still have work to do with H squad. However, in order to get back to them 2 more times this year I need your help. I still need to raise 4,500 dollars to cover airfare and needs on the ground so I can see them at a debrief in Romania and again at their final debrief. Please pray about how you can help reach this goal. I, along with several others, are trusting that God will provide. I need to buy my ticket for Romania soon, as ticket prices rise daily. Please pray and act when God gives you the call. Thank you all for your support in God’ calling in this season of my life. I have felt your amazing support and prayers.
