Some people have called it “devotional time”, others call it “quiet time” or “the secret place” Personally, I call them coffee dates…with God. 🙂
Recently during our coffee dates, God has been asking me about my intentions in ministry. Is it out of love? Do I feel God’s leading in this? or do I do it out of religious responsibility? Going through each of these has been terrible and amazing all at the same time. In relation to this trip He has brought up these questions in my heart:
Why am I going? I am going with the hope that through this experience, I will see countless people receive wholeness and full restoration through the Love of Christ. I desire to see miracles and wonders that only God himself could have accomplished, and that it will be such a display of who He is. I am also going with the hope that God will mold and shape me into who He created me to be. Weeding out the bad and replacing it with only good. And that together we can shine light on and remove anything in my heart that is not of Him. I want God to(basically) perform open heart surgery on me so that I can better live for Him.
What is my goal? For my life and actions to be a door into peoples lives for God’s love to walk through. Because it isn’t about me showing them His love, because I could never accurately depict His love on my own. His love is too BIG, too OVERWHELMING, too EXTRAVAGANT and too beyond my realm of emotion in order try and imitate. All I an do is live in God’s love and be obedient to Him in my own life so that others might see through my life what He is capable of doing in theirs.
What else do I hope to achieve? For every person I connect with to walk away so much more aware of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit. For other believers to be sharper because of my faith walk, just as I desire to be sharpened by the encouragement from other believers. More accurately I desire to know God more through and because of every experience.
You will feel so much more at peace after weeding through all of the extra thoughts that can be racing through your mind when preparing for something like this trip. Even for day to day ministry, it is so good to go back to the nitty-gritty and remind myself why I choose to live the way I do, and choose to believe in God. So that anytime the enemy tries to shake my foundation, it is strong because of these reinforcing moments with God. I challenge you to do this in your own coffee dates with God! It is hard at first but will eventually start to flow 🙂
Love you all, Amelia Rose
