To begin this blog lets rewind back to training camp.
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One night at training camp we were in worship and someone who worked for the world race came up to me saying they had a word from the Lord for me. They said they saw me on a boat and I was out at sea. It was night and the boat wasn’t moving and neither was I. In fact, I was sitting criss-cross on the floor of the boat with my eyes closed waiting for something. Everyone else on the boat was confused why we weren’t just sailing at night, I mean we had the stars. The stars always gave you an idea of where to go and following them almost always worked, but I wouldn’t move. I just sat on the floor. Then the sun began to rise and as it rose I stood up and began to sail again. Now that the sun was up I had direction that was surer and I was able to trust the steady instead of the probable.
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After getting this word I was a little confused. I mean it made sense I guess. She said that I was someone who was willing to wait for God and trust that He would show up before I moved. I guess that was true. But besides that I kinda just dismissed the word and kept moving through training camp, there were a lot of other things going on so I couldn’t really stop and think about that particular word.
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Flash forward to now. I’m in Romania and the Lord tells me pretty early in month one that these next two months in dragonesti were going to be pretty hard seasons at least for me. I understood that hard seasons usually produce good fruit so I was more than willing to go through them. I mean how hard can it be?
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Hard, Really hard.
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The enemy constantly telling me lies, living in community gets difficult (as it can be), I get sick with a fever, spiritual warfare is high here, I have internet in dragonesti so I see pictures of home and become slightly homesick. Also, in month one the Lord gave me a lot of promises for my future and then said now wait and I’ll fulfill those promises. NOT FUN. I knew it would be hard, but not this hard. Me and my teamates are having nightmares at night. I don’t know what to do and I’m begging God to bring me out of this wasteland. Then one morning I’m spending time with Him and He begins to speak simple words to me…
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“Remember, the sun has to rise. Wait for me.”
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It all made sense now. The word finally made perfect sense. I needed to trust Him with all my promises and all my will that He will show up. That this season will end. That any pain I endure will produce fruit and that growth is worth the process of pruning.
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After the Lord told me this I began to sing worship music, worshiping the Lord in the Kitchen at 6 am. I was proclaiming over my season that the sun must rise. It’s a promise. Every day it has to rise and He always shows up. So no matter how hard it gets. No matter what I go through and my team goes through while were in Dragonesti I know, I have a promise.
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He always shows up, and He always will. It’s just His nature.
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If you’re going through a hard season in your own life I hope this is encouraging. My prayer is that you will continue to walk in trust regardless of how hard it can get. He’s faithful I promise He is. And this hard season is for a reason. Your pain isn’t missed, He see’s it and is pulling you towards a deeper connection with Him everyday. Just continue to trust Him.
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Thank you for reading! Please continue to pray for our whole squad as we finish our last month in Romania and then for our safe travel to Guatemala in december!
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– Nathan.
