So this post is meant to explain my experience at training camp for the world race. Here it goes….
I have been stretched far beyond what I thought were my limits. I was released from anything holding me back from reaching my potential. The blinders I once wore, limiting my world view, have been removed. My eyes are wide to the problems of the world…i can no longer keep my head in the sand. That is what happens when, for example, you discover that there are children in Kenya whose existence revolves around getting high on glue all day and live in the worst conditions imaginable….it becomes your responsibility to do something about it.
My idea of what a relationship with Jesus looks like has been shattered. The realizations made at training camp have been a spring board that are propelling me forward in my walk with Christ….much more than at any point in my life. There is such a freeing aspect to the process I just came out of. And in being set free, this enables us to set others free that we come in contact with…this statement reminds me of a scene from the movie Coach Carter where Sam Jackson is asking one of his players what his deepest fear is. I thought about this quote a few times throughout camp. It sums up the type of person I want to be in Christ and for Christ…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate…Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to SHINE as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
