Whoa, World Race round 2 is on! I’m alumni team leading this time out. And I’m so excited to introduce you to my team! Team Free Fall!
This week has been so great, seeing the awe, fire, and eargerness in my teams eyes. It takes me back a year ago to where my journey began with the World Race. The times my heart would beat out of my chest when I thought about the adventure ahead of me. When the reality of what I was about to do would litterally stop me in my tracks. When all the training at Launch would simultaneously inspire my soul and put my body into a deep sleep.
It’s so funny to be on the other side. To see their excitements, questions, fears, hopes, dreams, passion, burdens, overly packed bags, and their obedience to The Call. I recognize all these feelings in them because I still feel the same way. It’s funny to think I’m still dealing with the same feelings, but this time it’s different, it’s from another perspective. It holds more weight this time around, and it leads me to ask deeper questions.
Am I good enough?
Do I have anything to offer?
How am I going to lead this team into deeper intimacy with God?
Will I be accepted?
How to I communicate and give away what I’ve walked away with this past year?
How is God going to blow my mind this year?
How did my bag get heavy, again?!?
Obviously some of those questions are from the enemy, but I’ll be real, some of those questions have been trying to get at me! The Father has been leading me to places where I’ve had to depend and trust in Him more and more through these questions. Theres a beauty to this new place because I know He’s not afraid of my brokenness or my questions, He actually welcomes them!! When I can bring these new challenges in the light before Him in this new season, He now has access to work in me. Thats another lesson I learned this last year, “You’ll only be as free as you are honest.” And man, I want to aproach this season free!
Through honest conversations this week, He has been so faithful to kill the lies and bring life! I can’t wait to see how God is going to take what the enemy meant for harm and turn it into Himself being glorified!
I was brought to this Scripture earlier today:
“Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.“
-Isaiah 50:10 NIV
Sometimes I think God lets us walk in the dark. In unknown places so we can simply trust in Him. I think those moments put a big smile on His face. Those moments when we might think we dont have what it takes, we might think we are alone, frankly we might think a number of things that should stop us from walking. But when we are in the midst of those moments and we simply choose to trust God, He shows up, every single time. And all of the sudden, I’m not afraid of the dark walks anymore, because I know He is going to show up.
Please be praying for us as we travel to Australia. That God would already be preparing our hearts as well as those we will encounter. That He would protect and guide us as we hop on serveral flights and during our several long layovers. And that through all we do, He would be Glorified!
Love you all! Can’t wait to share stories of how God is going to show up!
