“We brought our vain ambition, oh Jesus, and you turned it into friendship.”
Jason upton
Before I came to Africa I unconsciously based who I was in Christ by my works.
I didn’t think I did, but on some level thats how I judged my relationship with God.
If I lived a good life then that meant I was a better person somehow.
As I leave Africa, I leave knowing it doesn’t matter at all what I do, a part from God I can do nothing anyway.
It only matters who I am in the Father by my intimacy with the Father.
I know longer follow after ministry, miracles/wonders, or results.
All are subsequent to my relationship with the Father and all follow me and my walk.
I have seen the deaf hear, the lame walk, the poor restored.
I have also seen more need than I could ever meet by myself.
I thank God that it’s not my burden, and for the liberation in knowing that I’m not judged by my works, for all fall short.
I’m know longer driven by results that limits God in me.
I’m driven by passion and love that comes from the father alone.
A love and passion that nothing can come against.
My faith is no longer in me but in God and what He will do through me.
“Thank you God for Africa, thank you for loving us first.”
