Ok ok, I guess it is time for me to explain myself.
First of all, approaching someone with the fervor of a God-given
conviction is a pretty crazy thing. I knew that Shaun and I were meant to
challenge one another, but this was feeling a little nutty. I decided to
swallow the tickling fears of failure and rejection and take one for team God.
As soon as I opened my mouth, Shaun was absolutely blown away by my boldness
for the Lord and promptly verbalized that he was always ready for anything.
Phew!
Secondly, I had to tell him exactly everything that God had
told me. I was directed to use the energy work techniques I had learned in
massage therapy school to facilitate the change within the confines of Shaun’s
heart. My instructions were delightfully simple and complex at the same time:
allow His presence to manifest within us and remove anything that was holding
us back from our potential in Christ. Let’s just say, shedding that on another
person is not really something I do on a regular basis. God has no problem
making me feel ready to run for the hills, so I just started to roll with the
punches.
Next was acting on my conviction. I kept hearing God all day
and all night and I was ready to get a move on His commands. We started working
together, uncovering all sorts of things that neither of us realized we were
holding onto. Free from what? FREEDOM- from people, interactions, regrets and sins that had haunted us for so long. Our
Father’s presence was so strong and so powerful that I felt my soul begin to
drain out what I was clenching onto so tightly. Every thing we let go of pulled
an enormous weight off our shoulders. We would become aware of something new
and discuss it in its entirety and putting our fresh realizations in God’s
hands.
This may sound a little crazy to all of you, but I have
never stood more firm in my faith than I am right now. The ability to hear God
give clear plans for me and me acting on them is something I never thought
would happen in my life. I never thought I would be a human vessel for His
will. I never thought I would truly feel God making a change within another
person and within myself. I never thought I would be absolutely speechless from
seeing the manifestation of God’s commands work here on earth. It is absolutely
boggling to see Him work this way and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
After seeing this really happen, I am ready for more. I am
ready to take the chance to make the change. I am ready to step up and have
guts for God. It is high time we all obeyed God’s calling for us. What can He
do to change you?
