This is a blog written by my teammate Jory. This is an amazing experience that he had and I wanted to share it with everyone back home. I still get goosebumps when he talks about this encounter.
So I want to be a world changer!!! I
live in a understanding that all things are possible but I want to
see them manifest in front of my eyes. There is something inside all
of us that reaches out for more, that wants to experience God in a
life changing way. We want to have encounters like Jacob and receive
a new name, or like Moses on the mountain and hear His voice, or even
Paul and have our religion and life completely turned upside down.
This past week I had one of these encounters…..I met my angel!! I
was praying with our squad leaders and I simply started thanking God
for His protection on our team. For whatever reason I felt like
something was going to happen. So I sat there waiting….moments
later I heard his voice. He said, “My name is Shane” to tell you
the truth I laughed. I laughed hard, I could not put my head around
that name. I was expecting some long crazy name that I couldn’t say
or something so profound………….. but Shane? I didn’t know what
to do……I began to think that I was making this all up in my head
and that it wasn’t real. Then again he said, “I’m Shane” then he
walked over to me, bent over and placed his right hand on my left
shoulder. I could only see his hand, arm, and face. He was a metallic
gray and silver color with a crown on his head. As I looked at him he
then placed something in my chest, then pulled out this black human
heart. I asked him what did he put inside of me. He said, “A
Scroll.” I then asked what was on the scroll, he said ” Your
Future” I then asked what was pulled out of my chest and Shane said
it was Guilt. Amazed and completely astonished, I knew God was
telling me something important about my future and my past. Sometimes
we feel that we have to find our futures and make things happen in
our lives. God has placed everything inside of us and all we need to
learn to do is release it into the world. God has given us talents,
God has given us inventions, and knowledge, and prophetic words,
discerning hearts, and the ability to receive more. We have it! Guys
we really do!!! And we shouldn’t feel guilty about anything. We
should never allow our circumstances to become bigger than the cross.
Jesus paid the price, He took our guilt and shame that we should
never deal with it again.
live in a understanding that all things are possible but I want to
see them manifest in front of my eyes. There is something inside all
of us that reaches out for more, that wants to experience God in a
life changing way. We want to have encounters like Jacob and receive
a new name, or like Moses on the mountain and hear His voice, or even
Paul and have our religion and life completely turned upside down.
This past week I had one of these encounters…..I met my angel!! I
was praying with our squad leaders and I simply started thanking God
for His protection on our team. For whatever reason I felt like
something was going to happen. So I sat there waiting….moments
later I heard his voice. He said, “My name is Shane” to tell you
the truth I laughed. I laughed hard, I could not put my head around
that name. I was expecting some long crazy name that I couldn’t say
or something so profound………….. but Shane? I didn’t know what
to do……I began to think that I was making this all up in my head
and that it wasn’t real. Then again he said, “I’m Shane” then he
walked over to me, bent over and placed his right hand on my left
shoulder. I could only see his hand, arm, and face. He was a metallic
gray and silver color with a crown on his head. As I looked at him he
then placed something in my chest, then pulled out this black human
heart. I asked him what did he put inside of me. He said, “A
Scroll.” I then asked what was on the scroll, he said ” Your
Future” I then asked what was pulled out of my chest and Shane said
it was Guilt. Amazed and completely astonished, I knew God was
telling me something important about my future and my past. Sometimes
we feel that we have to find our futures and make things happen in
our lives. God has placed everything inside of us and all we need to
learn to do is release it into the world. God has given us talents,
God has given us inventions, and knowledge, and prophetic words,
discerning hearts, and the ability to receive more. We have it! Guys
we really do!!! And we shouldn’t feel guilty about anything. We
should never allow our circumstances to become bigger than the cross.
Jesus paid the price, He took our guilt and shame that we should
never deal with it again.
