Training camp, did that really just happen? We were warned it might all seem like a dream when we return home, and they were right. My prayer is that in the next few months God will guide me through processing everything that happened. I hope to share this experience with you as God guides me. At training camp I was stretched to my limits physically, emotionally and spiritually. This would normally be a recipe for disaster, but it was not. God used this for His glory.
When I was exhausted, God gave me energy. When I was challenged spiritually, God filled me with peace and joy. When my emotions were overwhelming, God surrounded me with love. I cannot help but praise Him for being my strength in weakness. I hope that this will be my experience over and over again next year, that 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 will be more true to me that ever before.
“9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Thinking ahead to launch next year I will admit there are feelings of inadequacy. How can God use me, a sinner, with all my flaws to shine His light to the nations, to heal, to preach and to touch lives? What a privilege that He would consider me worthy to be His hands and His feet. What a privilege to be called a daughter of the King!
Tonight at Bible study I was encouraged by the words of one of the ladies. She said to me “In your inadequacy God is able”. So please be encouraged as I am that God is not looking for how much we can offer Him, but that He is willing and able to use us for His glory just as we are.
