MOUNTAIN MOVERS.
We had a time together last night as a squad to honor our original Squad Leaders, Sarah Schrack and Lucas Tillman.
Rewind: Team TUFF (my team) and Team CLP were flown back from Mindanao early as a surprise (well, sort of) for them. We didn’t know if we would be back to say goodbye to them, but our new Squad Leaders helped to work it out so we could be a part of their final night here with the Y Squad before heading home.
During our time last night we also had a time of worship where the Lord spoke to me about “Mountain Movers” … Sarah and Lucas have been “Mountain Movers” for this squad. Each of us have had some mountain that has kept us from fully pursuing freedom since we started on this journey. For some that mountain may have begun moving at Training Camp, for others, like myself, that mountain was a little harder to move. Is it that the mountain was larger? Not really. But in Scripture it says, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you will be able to move the mountains (paraphrased). I think my faith has been much smaller than a mustard seed, because I don’t think I truly believed that I could walk into the freedom and Kingdom identity that was spoken over us at Training Camp. I could go on a mission trip, yes … but I could change everything about how I lived my life and how I viewed myself up to this point? Ehhh … maybe, but probably not. Lucas and Sarah have spent the past four months on the field pouring into our lives, they have spoken out lies and they have spoken into the truth of who we are in Christ. They have spoken to those mountains of lies and they have commanded them to move, in Jesus name. They have seen the potential for us to walk in freedom and they have not quit working on moving those mountains we brought with us. Mountains of confusion, mountains of insecurity, mountains of pride, mountains of crap, basically. They have helped us move them so we can go forward this next seven months with a renewed sense of worth and identity found in Christ. They have helped us move them so we can love each other better, and so we can love ourselves in a Godly way. They have helped us move them so we can help move the mountains in the lives of those we meet along the way.
I am so grateful for Sarah and Lucas, they saw me not for who I was being in Africa but for who I could become. They spoke into my voice … a voice that I didn’t think I had. They kept encouraging me to speak up and speak out. They toold me my words were powerful and needed. They spoke confidence into me. Though I haven’t completely figured out how to live in that confidence, I know that each day I can seek to grow that confidence in my voice and in my words more and more, because they believed in me, and they still believe in me.
They spoke over us last night that we are a “prophetic army” we each have different weapons we carry into battle … and thanks to Sarah and Lucas, I am going to continue sharpening my sword of prophetic words, because the Lord speaks to me and he has given me the gift of speaking life into others. Thank you for helping me discover my gift.
To close, I would just like to share this video that I made, with the help of my team, for Sarah and Lucas … the ever popular, cheesy picture slideshow!
