Thursday, I took a huge step in my faith. I got baptized! Since our trip to Louisiana I’ve felt the spirit telling me I should get baptized but I just didn’t know if it was time yet. So I asked the Lord if He wanted me to get baptized to bring it up again soon and if not let it slip my mind. For a little over a week the thought kinda went away but was still in the back of my mind. Then Thursday morning for devos, our mentor surprised us with the opportunity to go to the lake after lunch for baptisms and I knew that this was God telling me I need to. I was actually supposed to be baptized last summer in the Jordan river when my family went to Israel, but then covid happen and everything shut down. Honestly I was really bummed. I wanted to get baptized in the holy land where Jesus got baptized, but the more I’ve been in Georgia the more I’ve realized I was not ready back then.
I’ve grown so much here, but I still had a few things that I just couldn’t let go of. Then on Wednesday night, we had a worship night and the Lord just wrecked me. During worship God told me to walk over into the field and lay down. So as I’m on the floor staring up at the stars the Lord reminded me that He made all of the universe and He cares about me. He tells me that he doesn’t see labels when he looks at me. He just sees me and He loves me. He reminded me that he sent His only son to die on the cross for me, and when His son was in agony and excruciating pain, He was thinking of me. That is so crazy! Thank you Father! Then I told God that I’m done choosing the world over him. I said, “If it isn’t you Father I don’t want It.” If it doesn’t honor you, I count it as garbage. I want to live my life not as mine but as yours Father. I want people to look at me and not see max, but see Jesus living in me. And just as I finished telling this to the Lord, He sent me two shooting stars! God is so good! He just blows my mind!
So when the opportunity came up to get baptized, I knew it was time. Isn’t it crazy how perfect Gods timing is! He worked this out so perfectly. It says in Romans 6:4 “For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives”. Now my old self is dead and I have a new life with Christ. He is my everything, and I want everyone to know that I am His and no longer my own.
