Who is this guy?
Well, I’m a nobody that’s a somebody in Christ.
I’ve grown up in a Christian home my whole life, with a very supportive and loving mom and dad. I have a really cool brother that I can’t wait to meet in heaven, a really sweet sister, and another really cool brother. I labeled myself as a Christian my whole life, however, I wasn’t a real Christian until just a few years ago when God completely overwhelmed me with His presence… and I’ve never been the same since that night.
It was early October in 2013 on a Wednesday at youth group. We just had worship and a sermon, and then we worshiped again for a few minutes after the sermon. God spoke to me and to my youth pastor, and told Travis (my youth pastor) to go and say something to me, to pray with me… He was hesitant because, well, he knew me. But he did, and I couldn’t believe that Travis knew what was happening inside of me. God was PERMEATING all throughout me! We went up to the alter and he prayed over me a couple times. And let me just say… I was changed.
I was never baptized because I felt like I should feel at peace on when to do it… that God would put it on my heart. And that very night, God gave me peace. I was finally time to die to my old sinful life, and be brought into a life with Christ. I was deciding to follow Jesus. And Jesus changed me. And is continually changing me. (Thank God!… literally.)
Now, that’s just part of my testimony, but a part that I need to share for people to begin to understand who I am.
Sure, I enjoy throwing the football, shooting some hoops, going out on the golf course and smashing some drives, and hanging out with friends. But. All I want my focus to be on is Christ. All I want my focus to be on is what Jesus has done on that cross. All I want my focus to be on is the love and grace and power and intimacy behind the love of God!
I’m a person that doesn’t want to stop growing closer to God. I want more. I need more. I crave for more… I want to be so close to God, that we are one. I want to know God in the most real and intimate way possible. I want to look like Christ in every aspect. I want to be radical. I have to be radical. I can’t not be radical. God has made me radical.
There’s nothing like experiencing God. There’s nothing like being so overwhelmed and consumed by His presence. There’s nothing like being with him.
So, about this guy?
I just want the real thing.
I want to know him. I want to be with him. I want to grow closer to him. I want him to permeate throughout my entire body. I want to look like Christ. I want to see how He sees. I want to long for the hurt and the broken. I want to scream on top of every mountain and proclaim how amazing my God is. I want to run into His arms and allow him to teach me. I want be a part of God’s Kingdom. I want to be used to further God’s Kingdom. I want to experience God in ways I’ve never experienced him before. I wanna grow in ways I’ve never grown before. I wanna see things I’ve never seen before. I wanna do things I’ve never done before… I mean.. I want the real thing.
With a God that’s described in Scripture, I expect nothing less.
So…about this guy?
Passionate. Radical. Flammable.
That about sums up Ryan Farmer.
