So here it is finally, my training camp blog; sorry it took so long! People keep asking me how training camp was, but it’s not really something you can respond to without a long conversation beginning. It was an awakening beyond what I imagined. I met my squad, and knew I could consider them family right away. I was pushed way outside my comfort zone and in the end loved it! God turned my view on so many things upside down and all I can say now is that I want more and more of Him every single day. At training camp He began to kindle a fire down in my soul that I can’t control and I plan to let that shine through me every day. Through training camp, I realized I was putting God in a box and limiting the way He works to my experiences of Him. God cannot be contained, He is wild and reckless; He has a desire for every single person to be in His love, because that’s what we were created for!
At training camp, chains were broken in everyone’s lives including mine. In this family of God, there was no need for shame; every detail could be shared in order to let go of them and allow God to flow into us. God is a forgiver and a redeemer. Doubts, fears, and things that held us back from God were done away with. During the week of training camp God spoke to specific areas of sin in my life and told me it was okay. He has forgiven me and no longer holds my sins against me. I am holy in the sight of the Creator of the Universe; He loves me and is jealous for me. Now what shall I fear if the Lord is by my side?
This week revived my mind, heart, and soul to the freedom we have in Christ and how our lives should look. If we are not entirely reliant on Christ, then something is wrong. We tend to depend on our own efforts to reach people for Christ, not realizing it is only possible through the power of the Holy Spirit. It is only the through the Holy Spirit people are able to come to Christ. As Christians, we just need to allow for the Holy Spirit to pour out of us; for the glory of Christ to simply be shown through us. We need to be leaky buckets than just spill the Holy Spirit upon people and constantly be refilled in order that we can spill over more love, more kindness, and more God unto people.
The mission doesn’t start when I leave on September 5th to circle the globe, it starts now at home. God is the same God everywhere and He needs to be made known everywhere. Training camp re-equipped me and emboldened me to live my life unashamedly for the Gospel!!!
