“what is G42 to me?”
There’s a lot of answers that people give, among many of
which are: Kingdom, discipleship, a
tribe, a generation of young people who want to fight to claim their inheritance,
for those who aren’t ready to settle for
ordinary, spiritual fathers and apostolic headship. It is hope, passion; a diving
board that will spring me into the rest of my life. It is a network that has
nothing to do with knowledge and everything to do with impartation. It is about
empowerment, activation and release. It is dreaming big dreams and making them
come true. It is others ‘making their ceiling our floor’ and learning from the
past and working together to build the kingdom of God. It is calling out greatness
so I can become who I was created to be…It is a movement.
my identity and at G42 I learned to walk in it. After getting off of the Race
I thought I could do anything and pretty much conquer the world. I had learned
my identity, but it lacked depth and substance. To say the least, when I got
home it was a big wake up call to see that I was not fully equipped to, cliché as
it sounds, change the world. On the Race I was filled and connected with God
through the experiences, the people, the ministry, and the community, but when
I got home all of that was gone. I was able to encourage a lot of people
through the stories and my experiences, but I still felt as though I was living
in the past experiences instead of the present hope and future of God. I couldn’t bring a constant flow of life by
living out of an 11 month experience. I needed something more… I needed
something new and something fresh. So that is what brought me here.
G42 has released me to become who I was called to be and has empowered me. It has added value to my life. They have given me
all the tools I need to go and plant the kingdom of God. I have been developed as a leader with
character. I have learned my potential,
greatness and destiny. I was created to be me and made to be loved by God. I have learned truths here that I wish I
would have known all my life.
G42 has challenged me to give answers to the hard questions
like: what am I going to do, where am I going to go, who am I going to work
with, what is my vision, my calling, who am I made to be? Thinking of how to
answer these questions has shown me my purpose and calling in life. With
awareness of all this brings new responsibility for my life. I will
leave this place having made a plan and saying Amen.
It has shown me that lives change and big things happen when people chase their dreams. I never would have considered myself a dreamer, and here I was encouraged to
dream again. One man, Andrew
Shearman, had a dream to raise up 100,000 leaders and a generation who is
willing to give up their lives to take the kingdom by force. He always
says he became an overnight success after 20 years of chasing this dream, and
it is beautiful. It has shown me that dreams aren’t at all measured only by
American standards, but instead by what is inside of us and who we were created
to be, and what we were called to do. Furthermore, they aren’t just something
to have a nice conversation about, they are there to chase after and make a reality. We
need to dream big, and then dream bigger because impossible is nothing.
The staff has given up everything for the sake of making 7
people great. They have loved us and let us into their lives. I feel so honored
and humbled by that! Now, after a year of being trusted in the small things,
the school has 21 interns and is growing rapidly! It is awesome. All of the
leaders and teachers have shared their failures, successes, stories, wisdom,
knowledge etc. in hopes that we will learn from their mistakes. They want us to build upon them making their ‘ceiling to be our floor.’ They call out
our potential and push us to destiny and that is what it is all about…from generation to generation may his glory shine.
They have held us to high standards of excellence in all we
do and have taught us the importance of character, thankfulness and humility. It
is not a typical school where you show up to class, get a bunch of knowledge
and go on with your life. We do life together. The teachers and the other
interns have become family to me and they will be in my life forever.
I want
to take the kingdom by force and walk to the beat of a different drum. I want to risk it all and go be the hands, feet, the love and the will of God!
All in all G42 has prepared me for the rest of my life…
Thank you all for being a part of this! love.love.
