Obedience. A crazy, wild, heart wrenching and soul-rewarding journey of bowing before the Lord.
I got home from the World Race June 3rd, knowing full well the Lord was going to shake up my world. I could go into the details of everything that’s happened. I could, and it might be fun! However; there’s almost too much to type for now. So we’ll talk about obedience instead.
I moved to Georgia because I heard the Lord calling me to live boldly once again and step out in faith. If I wasn’t crazy before, I certainly am now. Love it. It’s freeing, give it a shot.
In my time here I’ve discovered this little calling the Lord has placed on my life for His people and for leadership go hand in hand. And so this is just a little update as to what comes next. Currently, I’m sitting in a coffee shop! No surprises there. I sat and waited on the Father to open doors, instead of running head first into walls of my own making like usual.
Recently I watched hundreds of new Gap Year racers descend on the Adventures in Missions Campus in Gainsville to begin their training for the amazing journey they are about to embark on. Beautiful. Truly beautiful. And what a privilege it was to walk with them, serve them, and for a short time? Disciple them. I thought to myself, “my last hoorah with Adventures in Missions”.
And per the usual the Lord had other plans.
When you are seeking wild trust and reckless obedience to the Lord, you will find yourself surrounded by people willing to take risks you can only dream of. Introduce, Gary Black, Myles Willman, and my new squad mentor: Megan
You read that right. New squad mentor.
Aside from the invitation to attend a leadership school in Spain, the Lord moved Megan (an 11in11 mentor) to invite me on to her leadership team. She’s rolling the dice on me and trusting the Lord. You see; I’ll be the first Gap Year Alumni making the jump to the World Race space. That means married couples, people older than me, and people who have been settled into a career field. Awesome. Love it. It could go swimmingly. It could crash and burn in an epic fashion. But I’m walking forward in the confidence and authority and sonship my Father has given me. I can’t wait to serve, learn, and grow alongside this new Squad. So in January I’ll be team leading a world race Squad into Cote d’Iovoire and Ghana.
And I said yes. Almost immediately this time. One year ago, I was here in Georgia, and the Father was tearing up the ground of my life because of all the work that had to be done for growth. And here we are again, on the cusp of another chance to say yes to the Lord. I fought Him an obscene amount. Because God forbid I ever just embrace life and joy as it’s freely offered. And I’ll probably always fight Him to some degree. That’s the humanity in me. And yet I have One Desire. That’s not money, career, house, property. I want to see the world know about the King that paid it all for the slave. To set me free. I want to see sons come alive and daughters bought back. So I’m going to aspire to quit fighting just a little quicker.
I wanted to take this time to say thank you for your prayers, and to those of you following my journey to this point? Well; we’re keeping on baby. Not quite done with this blog yet. Stay tuned ya’ll.
Salvation is free to us. Jesus will cost us everything.
I’m really digging that quote ya know?
