Kingdom dreaming.
So I’ve been asking the big guy if I could get some clarification on what he would like me to do after the race. I feel like it’s something I let my mind wander to often. It’s like the race is just prep work for the rest of my kingdom bringing life. I plan on serving him in a not so secular sense. I do believe I am called to youth ministry. This means a number of things. Settling down into a church. How to you choose the church? What do you do when God lets you know it likely won’t be in your home town that, you are supposed to branch out? I know that I am considering a multitude of things, ideas, and places for REAL LIFE.
I feel like another ministry I would like to work in or even mother along would be working in small communities. A model I would look to would be Mission Arlington but not as big of scale. What I would like to is go into apartment complexes, trailer park additions, smaller neighborhoods and work on building a community within the areas. Start some sort of bible studies, play & hang out with the kids and youth of the neighborhoods. There are a lot of options. What I would love to do in the end is raise up leaders among the communities who can step in and be there with an established mission. Then you know maybe start up something in another community. The key here is rising up leaders to build communities within the town or church. I would love to see youth really get involved and devote their time to something that is of worth. I would like to be an encourager, a life speaker, and a sounding board to these people. I would be able to use my skills in organization, prayer, and just loving on people to build up a generation that can take this thing on. With more than one foot forward.
I see that my mom and my home church have started working with Shannon valley which is a small community. My mom hangs out with the girls and bakes on Thursdays. They have started a mentor thing there. This is the kind of thing I’m looking to bring to other cities and states which is why I feel called to leave Oklahoma. That and being out of my comfort zone. It’s not always a comfortable thing to follow your dreams let alone His.
A quote or two from Seth Barnes:
Dreaming is God’s idea. Something we are all good at. If it’s in your heart and it’s for kingdom cause do it. Act on it.
The attitude is more important than the plan. Posture yourself for God to move. Be open. Be available with faith and that what’s in your gut will happen. Press in. Persevere. Be able to fail first. God will know your heart. God will show up.
Those are just a couple of inspiring words from Seth. I wanted to touch on just one more thing here. I feel called to the states for long-term ministry because I want to be there empowering youth to move forward to walk in faith and to be an example in many ways. With the way I live my life, my missions experience, and with my future family. I want to show love. I want to be real.
P.S. I am still searching for support. God has been good in providing so far!
