So here we are………day 101 of the Race!!Exciting, eh? I sure think it is. We’re merely 1/3rd finnished this “progam” that we’re on. We only have 7 months to go. We can look at it as the trip 1/3rd finnished or 2/3rds left to go!
I have chosen to have 2/3rds left to go. Sure the journey has been great. It has been the ride I’ve longed for. But the truth is that I don’t feel like holding onto those first 3 months and wander defensively through the remaining 7. I want to live out the last 7 with the new wisdom, maturity, and zeal that the first 3 have brought me. Sure i’ll look back in amazment and see my progress, but I do not want to dwell on it. I want to push forward and use these things I’ve learned. I’m ready to be there when the blind suddenly see, the lame suddenly walk, and the chains of the enemy broken.
This past week was the hardest for me so far. I wanted to leave. I wanted move on. I wanted to see more. I’m not talking about the thought of going home, but rather leaving this place in Cochabamba where I’ve become so comfortable. When the girls came back from the rainforrest us guys had been here for 6 days already. I was rested up physically and becoming very restless. The Lord was speaking to me and I was hearing Him. Life was good.
The frustration I had was that my soul was restless and I had no understanding of how to go about it! I had the idea of travelling to Chili or Brazil and spend some of our “dead time” there exploring. But, it wasn’t to be. God wanted me to stay. We had alot of wrinkles in our team to iron out. The Lord wanted to speak to us…..through us!
I learned a little bit about patience. I learned what it means to rest in the lord’s presence. This week it meant going to bed late and waking up early just to say a “good morning” or a “how are you”. It meant being a listening ear. It meant being an encouragement when I felt distant to people. But that’s what I learned what it meant to be at peace. Once again I need to learn where I need put my energy. Not in my own wants and needs, but other’s.
So here we are, as a team, on the verge of flying off this continent. We are ready for somehting more. We are ready for something greater. We have lived with each other for 3 1/2 months, we have gotten sick together, and we have expereinced God together. We feel equiped for what lies ahead. The Holy Spirit has come upon us as a team and annointed us to do His work. We are beyond the point of doubt. There is no more “what if…..”. It’s about us working together and doing this. Going to lost, the broken, the sick, and the oppressed. We are confident in our role. We are ready to stand strong against Satan, We are ready for what God is going to show us in our own hearts.
So please keep us in your prayers and thoughts. We are not a push over team, but we are also still learning what it means to stand firm in the Lord. We will make wrong decisions. We will make wrong judgements. I know God gives us grace. So please do as well. We are humans trying to do what God has called us to do. So keep lifting us up and keep checking back for our stories and experiences. May God be with you on this day!!
