How do you describe a week where so many emotions were experienced to the max, for me I can use two words, “roughly beautiful” translated as “training camp.” From grieving to healing; confessing to celebrating; crying to laughing; fear to peace; nervous to excited, that is what the World Race training camp was to me. In just seven days I experienced so many emotions resulting in a great deal of personal and spiritual growth.
The first night of TC we were asked some basic but vital questions…
1) Why am I here? And,
2) What do I expect to get out of the World Race?
Obviously these seem like questions that are a given and should have been thought about before being accepted for the WR, I did think about them. I thought that this is where God wants me to be, I wanted to fulfill the purpose He intended me to. It took me three days to answer these questions but in those three days I experienced so much of God and learned so much about myself.
1)At first I was here because I thought this was my calling, now I am here because I know that it is my calling and I am exactly where God intended me to be. I’ve always known that I want to make a difference and have an impact on the lives of others. I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to accomplish that and I am still unsure of what exactly I will be doing but I do know that He will use me and work through me to change the lives of others. And I do know with all of my heart I want to introduce people to God and I desire to share Your great, great love Lord! I want You to do anything You need to do in me so that You might do everything You want to do through me. I want more than anything for You to use me, I want to surrender myself, my whole self to You and You alone! I want to know You more Lord, I need to know You more! I want to fight with everything I have to never let go or lose sight of Your love and Your amazing gift to us.
2)I expect not only to make a change but walk away from the WR changed. I expect to have a stronger, much stronger, relationship with God. I long for a face-to-face relationship with the Lord. I expect for You to work in me and strengthen me. I expect to be overwhelmed by Your presence Lord! I am hungry for You and I want and expect You to reveal Yourself to me. But I know I need to be patient, I will wait for You Lord, as long as You need me to but I need Your strength to rise up in me!
God is so good and He has great plans for us but before we can make a change, revival has to start with us. During TC God gave me a brief preview of what He has in store for me and what I need to do in myself before I can make a change in others.
Wherever you are at in life, I encourage you to ask yourself, why am I here and what do I expect to get out of it?
