Hey all! Sorry it has been a long time since I have written anything. So let me get you all caught up with what has been going on with me since you last heard from me.
September 15th – Redigging the Wells = Awesome! I was so glad that I was able to go. For those who don’t know I’ve been working four, see 4, jobs. So as you can imagine, getting a day off of all jobs can be a bit challenging. There was awesome worship, awesome speakers, a great time for the body of Christ to gather and worship, to gather and heal the wounds that hatred brought before and during the Civil Rights. One of the speakers was a woman who was in the 16th Street Baptist Church when it blew up, she was in the door way of the room where the four girls were when they were killed by the blast. Her testament was powerful and full of love, hope and forgiveness. There was another speaker, later that night, who talked about the unsung heroes of history and of the Bible. Those people would be the intercessors, they were the ones raised up Godly leaders, who prayed for them, who taught them. For me that was powerful because I heard God telling me to get back into the fight.
Working 4 jobs, 50-60 hours per week, left me very little time to do anything. Most of my days went something like this:
· “get up” because the alarm was going off
· Sleep another 10 minutes, then jump up and have just enough time to grab breakfast, lunch, and dinner (made the night before) and run to work and make it just in time.
· Work 6-8 hours in one job, work 5-8 hours at another job or two (eating all meals in the car on the way to other jobs)
· Go home, make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next day
· Crash in bed and do it again the next day
As you can see, I didn’t really do anything outside of work, so God was telling me to get back into the fight. I told God that I was ready and willing to get back in and that I was sorry that I ever left.
Later in September – Still working 4 jobs. Have not gotten back in the fight.
One of my favorite places to worship is in the car. Why? I’m in my car everyday and it’s one of the places where I can be alone. So I play worship music in the car and sing along. Well for a while now I’ve been getting pictures of myself as a warrior, ready for battle, a fire burning in my eyes, and different gifts of the spirit just being really strong. The other day, the same thing happened and I was telling God that I was ready, that I wanted to be that warrior that I’ve been getting pictures of. Then God hit me. He told me that he wants me to be that warrior but that I was not ready, and at the rate I was going, I would never be. He said that I was a warrior that just looked good in uniform only. Why? Because I had not been training for battle. Rather, I was letting other “duties” get in the way rather than train. He told me to let go and to train with the best of the best – himself. He told me (again) to get back into the fight and to train so that I can become that warrior. Then he told me that I was to do greater than what I had imagined (and I imagine big : raise the dead, cast out demons, heal the sick, etc.).
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”
So how am I getting back into the fight? Well I quit one job (yay!) and about a month or so ago I challenged my squad to create a daily calendar and write out what they do every hour. This was to help make sure that they each kept their daily time with God. I started do things then stopped. So now I’m going to start doing it again, and my time with God will be blocked off with big bold bright colors so that it will be seen easily and so that nothing will come in its place. I’m getting back in the fight; I’m getting back into training. I want to be the one that God uses more than I can imagine. I want to do greater works through the power of God in me!
