I miss home. I miss being with my family. I miss all of the family birthdays. I miss Dutch Bros. I miss my church family at Montavilla and Antioch. I miss the house of Zion. I miss my life in AZ. I miss my nieces. I miss having face to face discipleship with my mentors. I miss being able to drive and not stop till I’m content. I miss having time alone. I miss it all.
I miss the comforts of home.
I miss how easy life was, even though at the time I thought it was so hard.
I miss doing what I want, when I want.
I have been on the race for nine months and I can’t help but have the feelings of missing home. Sometimes I count down the days till the race is over, instead of soaking in this crazy awesome adventure I’m on. Sometimes I can’t stand being around people ALL. THE. TIME.
But what I’ve come to realize in the past few months is that it all starts with a choice. YOU have the choice to make today better than yesterday. YOU have the choice to walk away from stinky situations with a joyful heart. YOU have the choice to say yes to God, when all you want to do is say no.
Around one month ago in my daily time with the Lord, he revealed this to me. My team and I had just come off a month that just flat out exhausted us. We did hard manual labor and we felt like the light at the end of the tunnel just didn’t exist. But then Holy Spirit came in and told me that I had a choice.
I had a choice to look at these last three months as an opportunity to walk in more boldness and authority than the last 8, and to knowingly make this my best month yet… And the Lord has produced SO MUCH FRUIT through that.
This month our ministry is evangelism in different capacities. We have been able to work at a couple old folks homes, do some VBS style days with orphans, take part in empowering young women to become women of God, and do door to door evangelism/home visits. Through these different ministries we have seen 210 people come to know the Lord, and have handed out 116 bibles. We have been apart of a revival in the city of Chinhoyi… and it all started with a choice.
I wasn’t going to walk into this month without choosing the best daily. I wasn’t going to go throughout a day without listening to the still-small voice of the spirit, leading me to evangelize to a stranger or pray over someone for healing.
That’s ultimately what this blog is all about. I know that God didn’t have me learn this lesson for no reason. He had me learn it to share, share with my team and share with all of you.
God gives us a choice. He gives us the freewill to decide how we feel and how we react, but it’s up to us to choose what is alignment with his will. If we are in tune with the Holy Spirit and listen to what He has to say, then the choice will be easy.
So my challenge to you is this… YOU have the choice. You have choice to make today better than yesterday, and you have the choice to obey what the Lord is telling you. Choose him and the fruit will come.
It is so worth it.
In Him,
Caleb Callaway
