Okay, so since I’ve been on the Race, my team has been
telling me that I bring a sense of peace and old friendship into a conversation or a group of people. A couple of
days ago, Tara, my squad leader told me the same thing. She said that I needed to research
snow, because that was the picture that God put inside her head for me. She didn’t really know what it meant,
but just that my personality was like a fresh snow or like snow falling. The fact that I had only spent a couple
of days with her and that she hadn’t heard anybody else say that to me really
confirmed that peacefulness inside of me that I apparently bring out in
relationships.
Tonight, we had worship with our 2 teams that are staying
together at the YWAM base in Brisbane, along with Robby and Tara (our squad
leaders). Robby brought a word to
us from God and at the beginning he was talking about God being peace. In that moment, God resounded that in
my spirit and told me that the peacefulness that He has allowed me to have in
my personality is that same peace that people always talk about Him being. God is peace. I bring peace.
It was such an incredible realization, because it showed me how God brings
attributes of Himself out in us…even when we don’t realize it until later.
I want to bring peace to those with none. It is my desire to walk into a room
full of hate, anger, evil, and filth….and that the peace God has set
inside of me to completely wipe away all of that!
In the Twilight series, Jasper, one of the vampires, has the
gift of controlling emotions.
Although it is kind of weird to compare his gift to this one that God
has shown me…I feel like it has made it a little more clear to me the power
that God has allowed me to have in this.
In those books, Jasper’s gift is super powerful and makes situations and
relationships better…and it changes the atmosphere of things completely. Yes, I sound like a super dork right
now, but it’s true! At first, when
my teammates were speaking this word of “peace” over me…I didn’t think of it as
a very powerful thing. However,
tonight, God has revealed it to me as a vitally powerful gift. To br
ing peace to a conversation or
relationship is such a blessing.
as coming only from you…because You know exactly what I am without You. You know that peace is NOT something
that I brought before You were actively present in my life. In the moments when I allow my flesh to
take over and stop living in Your power…peace is NOT something that is flowing
through me. Thank you, thank you,
thank you that You show Yourself to us in such amazing ways and that You use us
when we truly desire that You do….and even sometimes when we don’t think that
is something that we desire.
