Training camp, as always, was incredible.
We bring the new Racers in with more questions than answers and spend the week letting God do his “thing.” Worshipping with Jonathan David Helser and listening to Michael Hindes teach were some of the highlights, but more than anything it was a recognition of the ways God has continued to bless my life.
For me personally, it was a week of growing in love for 74 people that I had never met. It was seeing God begin to wreck their world (in the BEST possible way!) and watching more of who they truly are come forth. There are no words to express the joy I feel when someone walks free of an addiction or of lies they have been believing their entire lives.
My last blog was about worshipping one night for three and a half hours. Did I mention that my calves were afterwards sore for THREE DAYS?! I didn’t even know that was possible.
Another of my favorite nights was towards the end of the week where we as P Squad were given the assignment of, “Have Fun.” By this point in the week, everyone was feeling more comfortable in their own skin. It was already obvious that the P Squad as a whole tends to walk on the WILD side of life, so we ended the evening by having a dance party. Let’s just say, this squad knows how to have FUN! But even more than having fun with these 74 world changers, watching them walk in the freedom to be THEM was an experience out of this world.
I believe in the power of dancing and letting loose. I believe when we dance before the altar of God, HE shakes loose the gates of hell and gives us freedom. That might rattle with someone’s theology, but when I read Psalm 150:3-5 which says,
“Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!”…
I can’t help but recognize these are not QUIET things. Clashing cymbals are NEVER quiet. Trumpets? Not typically quiet or reserved. The only picture I get in my mind is of a group of people so wildly in love with Jesus that they can’t sit still!
In these verses, God is commanding us to dance,
and it is my belief
that the King wants us to get WILD before him.
Have I mentioned yet that I LOVE this squad?! Yet this is only the beginning of something bigger than I can imagine.
We’re ready to get WILD before our King! Are you?
