How does healing come? Sometimes healing happens in an instant, but more often than not it is a process. This past week has been something like a healing balm to speed the process of healing within my soul.
A little over a week ago the World Race was just an idea, just a vague opportunity for someone else out there; someone more qualified to reach out the world with the hope of Christ. Do you ever pray to God just to cover your bases? What I mean is that you pray simply to assure yourself that you did the right Christian thing in making a decision. Well that was me, I never expected to be purchasing an air line ticket and spending the next week of my life in Georgia preparing for a year long journey with the Lord.
"We are the sons and daughters, no longer slaves to fear", this was the anthem of this weeks training. I have been a slave to fear for far to long. The fear of not being good enough for God, the fear of failing him, the fear of not being loved. As I was flying from Wisconsin to Georgia to participate in Training camp I read the verse in 1 John which states that perfect love cast out fear. Over the course of the week God continued to pursue my heart and my mind with this truth.
Training camp consisted of meeting a ton of awesome new people, sleeping in tents, busses, and tarp shelters, and being incredibly challenged in the way that I have viewed Jesus most of my life. During the first few days of training the focus was on the freedom we have in Christ. During this time I felt God telling me that I was his son and that I was completely loved and accepted as I am. I am still working this truth out in my day-to-day life, but I have made up my mind not to go back to where I was. As I said at the start healing is a process. I know God is using the World Race as part of this process to shape me to be more like him, and I am thankful and grateful for this opportunity ahead of me!
