One month ago I went to Georgia to help out with a training camp for the World Race. I had no intention whatsoever in becoming a Squad Leader for the World Race. Although, as it stands now I am leaving at the end of this month to lead a squad around the world for 9 months. Choosing to do the World Race again as a Squad Leader is me choosing a completely new direction for my life.
For a long time, like since I was a kid, people have been speaking over me that I would be or should be in full time ministry.
And for a long time I brushed it off saying,
“yeah sure I love God, and I’ll live missionally with whatever I do, but that does not mean my job.”,
but I now am getting a clearer and clearer picture of what that is going to look like.
The Lord has been moving in me for some time now.
He has been desiring my full surrender to Him,
and I have been slowly consolidating all of my trust to Him.
It is not easy when crutches are pointed out, when there are parts of your life, invaluable parts, that the Lord wants you to surrender. The Holy Spirit continued to work on my heart and my mind so that now I have a level of deep surrender to God that I have never had before.
I completely trust Jesus, and what He has in store for my life.
Letting go of my “plan b’s”
and my “plan c’s”
and my “plans f and g” was so hard.
I was fundamentally scared when I realized that when I chose squad leading it was not a break from my “normal life” or an escape from a life I would eventually go back to.
“This is not what my life is supposed to look like”,
“I had all of my ducks in a row.”
But here I am with no idea what is next and no ducks in lines.
What I do have though, is a God who is especially fond of me, and a rootedness I have never felt before in a God who will not let me down. His plan is so much greater then I could ever imagine.
I am so excited for this season and I hope if you read this you will keep me in your prayers and partner with me in bringing the Love of Jesus to people near and far.
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With love. Jace Langley.
