I’ve been waiting to write this blog because I wanted to be able to process a bit before I shared more of what God did during training camp. I would say that the 10 days spent at training camp would constitute the longest 10 days of my life, thus far. For me, it was a time of awakening some things that had been kind of dormant. A time to seek the Lord’s BEST for me. A time to be part of the generation that is rising up to bring the Kingdom to Earth. It was good!
I wanted to share a quick story, just to give you a glimpse into what I’m talking about. I think it also foreshadows the amazing things God is going to do over the next year.
One night, at the end of the teaching time, we were asked to spend time in prayer and ask the Lord for the name of one of our teammates. My little Baptist heart fluttered a bit, because I knew this wasn’t going to be a comfortable exercise. The speaker continued, “Ask the Lord what He wants to tell that person.” Insert a little more fidgeting…but I must admit I’d been praying for God to take me out of my comfort zone. He listened.
I finally walk over to my teammate, and I wait to talk to her since she’s already praying with someone else. When she finishes I asked if we could talk. She of course agreed, but needed to talk with a World Race Staffer before we headed back, so I waited some more. All the while I’m looking at God and asking if He’s serious. I mean, you talked to Moses…are you really talking to me right now? Over and over again, all I could think about was telling my teammate that she had healing hands…so I continued to freak out.
When she got done with her conversation we began our walk back to camp. I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to just spit this out. So, she asks me what I wanted to talk about. I just blurt it out. “Umm, I feel like the Lord wanted me to tell you that you have healing hands.” Still freaking out, in case you are wondering. In an instant, she stops and turns to look at me. She’s in shock, but I’m not sure why. She begins to share with me that during worship her hands had gotten hot and started throbbing like she’d never experienced before. She’d been kind of confused about what was going on, so she’d gone to the World Race Staffer to ask him about it. His advise was that most of the time when someone has the gift of healing their hands will get hot and begin to feel weird. He told her to seek the Lord and ask for confirmation of this gift.
Needless to say, both of us are completely overwhelmed by this whole situation. I just asked God to tell me something. He did, and now I’m standing beside one of my teammates and we’re both freaking out! I couldn’t believe it…God spoke, and I listened. I didn’t get in the way of what He wanted to say. I was able to build up another believer and glorify Him at the same time. How awesome is that?!? So we spent a few more minutes talking about how awesome God is, and then spent some time thanking Him for being so awesome in our lives. It was good!
