And so it begins….
Round 2 on the World Race!!
Expedition Squad arrived in Indonesia yesterday!
As I was sitting with the Lord this morning, reflecting on the beginning of this new season, I was struck with the word GRACE….
Abba seemed to be pouring it over me like an anointing oil.
Looking back from the first month of my original race to now, I am blown away with the grace that has been so generously gifted to me.
I think about all the times I had no clue what I was doing in leadership and the grace that was shown me by my team and squad mates:
The times I was prideful or complacent,
The times my team wanted me to step up, to share, to be more vulnerable, to just make a decision and I didn’t know how.
The falls, the failures, the fretting….
Then there’s the countless times I missed opportunities to show Papa’s love and goodness to someone because I was doubtful about my ability for Him to work through me.
The times I couldn’t get outside of myself and have eyes to see what He was doing all around me.
And yet…
GRACE.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16
Grace = unmerited favor.
Something that is becoming even more real to me this time around.
For almost two weeks of training leading up to launch, God has been pushing me out of my comfort zone, stretching me to be even more vulnerable, challenging me to dig into my weaknesses, reminding me in a very real way how very broken and weak and messed up I am.
Yet through it all, as I lean into His goodness, His grace….He covers me and brings so much peace.
He says, “My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor. 12:8)
And how freeing it is, when one is able to confess, to share, to show others that I am not perfect and that it is only by His grace that I am here!
- It is only by His grace that am I able to walk out this journey He has placed before me.
- It is only by His grace that He uses me, a broken vessel to draw other people closer to Himself.
- It is only by His grace that I am able to show unmerited favor to those around me, as He shows it to me everyday.
Through His grace, my weaknesses are made strong.
Through His grace, I step into this chapter of squad leading on a whole new level of vulnerability.
I am overcome by His goodness, His patience and His love poured out and there is nothing that excites me more than entering into this year with a heart full and overflowing of His grace poured out, for you and for me.
“Out of His fullness, we have all received grace in place of grace already given.” John 1:16
