Part 1 of Training Camp
Hello friends,
I have so much I want to tell you about camp. I am going to do this as a two part series. I would like to start by saying; camp was life changing. And no I don’t mean the kind of life changing where you feel something for a moment and then move on, no I am talking about an experience that I will walk with the rest of my life.
Walking into camp I can honestly say that I brought with me no expectations. I decided early on not to limit myself for what God was preparing me for; I am so thankful I did that. (This is where you can giggle with me). It is only because I brought no expectations that I feel I was able to receive every ounce of knowledge that was thrust into me. I feel that if I would have come with a closed mind that I would not have been as open to the inheritance I received. Camp has blown my mind, and I am sure you are asking; How?
I remember the first time I watched the promo for the world race (here is the link…), and hearing a statement that jumped out at me. Michael Hindes was speaking in the background and he said (forgive me if it is a little off) “You can’t change the world, until you yourself have been changed” – Wow what a simple but profound thought. I knew I was lacking something in my life and I needed God to reveal it to me. Camp has brought me that change, not the race, not yet, but in White, Georgia I experienced that change I was longing for. And by change I mean – I experienced God in his fullness!
Now you are probably thinking, Philip you have experienced God. But if the truth were to be told I had only experienced the God I had created in my mind. I was serving a limited God. I had put God in a box and only taped into what I thought was possible instead of allowing the fullness of God to reign in my life. Can I just say that I have let God out of my box, Amen! I no longer have a limit of what God can do in my life. Simply put, I am free… or God is free in my life…
There is more to come, but this is all I have right now. Trust me I have many more stories to tell, so don’t worry there is much more to be told. I still have 1 full day of camp left, so I still don’t know what to expect. I like it that way.
Philip.
