My name is Rebecca Ann Wiltjer and I am a keeper of God’s dream. That’s what I’ve been learning these past couple weeks at training camp before we launch out on to the field. I’ve been challenged in so many ways to see myself as God sees me and to think of myself as He thinks of me. I’ve realized some of the lies I’ve been believing in my life, given forgiveness where it was needed, and been released from the grip the lies had on me (wow…that makes it sound like it was easy and all wrapped up in a nice little package…not so true, but I’ll spare you all the details).
Through training I’ve been reminded how much God loves me and how He has called me to be here and how His mighty hand has worked to get me here at just the right time. Like I mentioned in my last post, my sub-team decided to name ourselves “Beloved One” (just in case you were wondering, we’re not going by the nickname “B.O.”). That’s what I am. I am a beloved daughter of the King, on a team full of more beloved daughters of God and sisters to me.
Because of the two weeks I’ve spent in Georgia, I feel ready to take on the world, to go out and minister as one who has been sent by God and is going out to be His hands and His feet in the world. I was praying with one of our prayer counselors yesterday and as she was praying about my work this year, I got this really neat picture in my head:
Basically, what I think God was trying to say is that He is going to use me to bring light in to dark places. Isaiah 60:1-3 says:
I am full of God’s light – it has come upon me – and He wants me to continue to walk in His light so that the nations can be brought to Him. Wow. It seems like such a huge task, like no one could ever take it on, but God is on my side and in Him I can do all things. For some reason, even though I don’t understand it, God has chosen to use me, and I couldn’t be more excited about that!
