It has been about 19 days since training camp, and 51 days until launch- but who’s counting. In my time since camp, my life looks drastically different. I find that everywhere I go, I can’t stop talking about Jesus, and truly resting in the fact that He is good. Instead of selling my stuff to go towards my trip- God showed me people in need who could use all of the stuff that I had. Last night, when Josh (a friend and fellow racer) and I went salsa dancing last night, a lady met Jesus on the dance floor. God has been opening doors in every direction and I found myself somewhat angry at the Lord and asking Him, “Why?”. Why did this happen after training camp, and not before. Why is it that my life looks so much different now than it did before camp- and today the Lord opened my eyes.
All morning I have been reflecting on everything that has happened in the past couple of weeks, and I have really been left speechless. Why had He moved in these few weeks- and why had He not in the weeks prior. I was a bit upset with the Lord because I had been doing everything to expand and strengthen the Kingdom before training camp- even less than I am now. I had been coaching volleyball to meet more kids, earn the right to speak into their life, and to bring them to YoungLife to tell them about Jesus. I have been meeting with kids, leading a small group, volunteering, going to church- you name it.
But today, God had a revelation for me. He showed me that He moves in the space that we give Him, and just because we do stuff for Him- does not mean we are doing it with Him.
At training camp, there was a moment where one of the head leaders was helping us debrief a market scenario that we had just run through. His words resonated with me.
“If your ministry host were to tell you that going to the market was your ministry for the day, it should not look any different if you were just going to the market”
God isn’t interested in our resume; He’s interested in our hearts and our time.
What would it look like if we gave God more room to move in our lives? People’s lives would be changed drastically. Everywhere around us- people would see Jesus and find Him on the dance floor.
