Hey Gorgeous,
I know you’ve written about a thousand letters within the past week, but this one’s for you. This one is for those days you feel out of place and out of comforts, for days you are struggling, for days you need to be reminded of the Father’s direction because you’re uncertain of what to do. But mostly it’s to set your mindset and your heart for the 11 months that lie ahead. Because guess what? This thing is real and it’s happening.
In case you didn’t know, you’re going to experience more than you ever have in the next 11 months. More than you could ever ask or imagine. More than your finite and feeble human thoughts can comprehend.
So here is my prayer – or rather the Father’s heart – for you.
I pray that you would embrace every step of this journey with an open heart and open mind. I pray that you would grow deeper still in your intimacy with Jesus, that you would learn to discern with even greater faith the Father’s voice, that you would walk with even stronger trust in the leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit. I pray that your current notion of dependence on the Lord would be blown apart and that true dependence would permeate your whole being – that the Lord would stir in your bones that dormant, yet innate reliance on him, and awaken it to the fullness of what he designed it to be.
I pray that you would learn to be. That you would love every part of who God’s created you to be. That you would go on infinite dates with Jesus, drink lots of tea and let him tell you how much he loves you and what he loves about you. I pray you learn more about yourself – what you’re passionate about, what you’re good at and what you’re not, what your heart breaks for, what God has wired you to do.
I pray that you would grow in love. That your love would be boundless because it comes from the overflow of your heart, because it comes from the fullness of Christ in you. I pray that you would love even when you don’t think you have it in you to love and give anymore – that you would go to bed exhausted every night because you’ve given beyond your natural abilities to do so.
I pray your spirit would overflow with generosity. I pray that you would become even more generous with the things you love to give and that you would open your hands and release to the Father the things which you hold back. I pray you would seek and find joy in serving through every part of this journey. That you would be thankful for every single opportunity Christ has given you to give back to him. That is, your whole life.
I pray you would not waste your time and your opportunities. Remember all those times you wanted to study a specific topic in God’s word but you had to grade papers instead? Well, now you have the time and the space to do so.
I pray you would walk in obedience and humility. I pray you would get over yourself.
I pray you would empower those around you. That you would see the good and potential in every heart you encounter and be for that. Be for them, not against them.
I pray that when the enemy tries to come tiptoeing in with fear, doubt, confusion and anxiety, that you would tell him to get the heck out of your head. And away from your team. In Jesus name. Because there is no room for him there. (Speak this one out loud).
I pray that you would walk in the boldness and confidence and power of the Holy Spirit. That the same miracles you read about in the Gospels and in Acts would come alive in the days of the Race.
I pray that you would not forget to labor out of your rest. That you would intentionally seek and walk in rhythms of rest on the Race.
I pray that you would not forget what he’s shown you about your strength. That it is, in fact, pretty weak. So live and be and do out of his strength, not your own. If you don’t, you won’t get very far.
I pray that you would get up and go out there. Every day. Just like the Lord told Joshua after the death of Moses. Just like he told Gideon. Just like he told Abraham and Isaiah and David and Paul, and every other person in the Bible. Don’t be afraid to walk in and claim the goodness and grace of the Father. He created the whole world and has given you 11 months to see just a fraction of it. So go be adventurous. Take risks. Be undaunted. Be intentional. Live with a spirit of abundance. Live with your eyes, hands and heart wide open to the dreams, plans and possibilities of God.
I love you and cannot wait to see you on the other side of this.
With all my love,
Kim
