The World Race is this huge thing that God is calling a generation to experience. We go to the nations. Our eyes are opened to different cultures, different ways to live life, and different traditions. We live in poverty, speak truth and learn to trust God in ways we have never had to in our lives.
We are broken by our sin, by the needs of people we can do nothing to help, and we are broken to realize how good the good news really is. We learn to live in community with more people than we ever thought we could live with 24/7 and end up loving it. We learn this authority that we have because of our identity as a child of God. We are empowered.
Then we go home.
Just like a star high school football player graduates and then remembers the good old days. Or even a child movie star who has grown up but is still known for that one time when they were 5 and were so cute. We have done this thing that is bigger than any of us and now it’s over.
We have a choice to make.
Will we live only remembering the good old days? Will the Race become our identity? Will we slip back into mundane living? Will we be program people, who only live to search for the next program to join?
Is there more?
Fortunately I have been able to keep the momentum up since the end of the Race. Squad leading has helped me to keep growing deeper into the heart of God. Then I stepped out of the comfort of the place I have always lived to be a part of this community here in Gainesville, GA. I feel like I could write an entire blog about the things I have learned since moving here.
There IS more.
I have lived the past year making an impact on my generation. I have poured into them and called them into greatness. I have seen them awaken to the things that God is doing in this world. I have seen them become Bold Christ Bearers!
I still want more.
My time at the AIM office is coming to an end soon. When that happens I don’t want to settle. I don’t want to compromise. I want to live the Bold, Daring life that Christ is calling me to come live with Him. The problem is that I don’t know what that is right now. I have so many things that I know I could step into next. But lately it seems like God has been shattering everything that I would think is the next step. So as I patiently listen to the voice of my shepherd who is beckoning me to follow him, please pray with me.
Tonight we were challenged to move. Even when we don’t know what is next to keep the momentum going. To not grow stagnant.
I want to take that challenge. Movement in my life is essential.
