Nearly three years ago, when I was doing YWAM, my team and I were on outreach in Latvia. I remember getting told I was going to have to share my testimony at church the next day. I was so terrified of public speaking that a very ugly side of me came out. I remember being so determined not to share that I was not even planning to go to church because I was absolutely not sharing and no one could make me.
We got to church the next day and I cried in the bathroom because I was still determined not to share. I didn’t even have anything prepared.
Of course, Jesus reminded me I wasn’t doing it for the people around me, but that I was doing it for Him. So I got up there and shared the fear I had to speak in front of people. Jesus rewarded me with a room full of Latvians laughing because that was a rare sight to see.
Here I am, nearly three years later, in month one and week one of the World Race. And this opportunity once again looked me straight in the face. Our team was asked to have someone share their story at church. I knew this was my shot to face this fear, to face my fear of public speaking so I volunteered to be the first to go and you know what? It wasn’t nearly as bad as I remember it being and what’s an easier topic than what Jesus has done in my life?
Although this doesn’t seem like a difficult task or even seem like a big deal at all, the reality is that our fears will always be there. But it’s when we face them, and when we step out of the comfort we try to hide in, that we start growing. So ask yourself, what am I afraid of? And how can I learn to grow in that? I don’t know about you, but usually I am afraid of these things because I’m not good at them yet. So what better way to get over it than to work on getting better at it?
Also please enjoy these nice photo’s from our adventure day up to the Fortress today, we’re having a blast over here because this country and it’s people are absolutely beautiful.
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Grace & Peace,
Brandi Rae
