Here I am in New Zealand with my squad. It rocks.
I have been flooded these last few days with so many memories of how I felt when I left 2 years ago for my own race…the Lord keeps reminding me constantly of my personal thoughts, journey, etc… and it has been a pretty intense road, but the most victorious road I have ever traveled down. Some how, this journey brings you out of all the comforts of life we relish in at home, it draws you in the freakish unknowns, so many of them…cultural diversities to learn to live with, no more “junk” food, no comfortable beds, no internet at times, heck- sometimes no water to shower with, and the most challenging are those 7 new people you live with 24-7 now for 11 months. How do we deal with these things all at once????
As I look out this morning and see these men and women of God who have left it all, to pursue something more in life, I hear the Lord whisper something amazing. He has been whispering it now for 2 days and this morning I say, “Listen, for the Lord is speaking this over you all.”
Psalms 133:1-2 is this whisper— “How good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in unity! It is like the precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down upon the collar of his robes.”So, parents, friends, loved ones of squad M and N…. The Lord is pouring out this sweet aroma over them all and I see this “oil” running down on them representing the anointing of Him. They are safe, they are walking in more freedom from only 3 days of being here, and they are anointed to proclaim the year of the Lord!
How great and precious it is when brothers and sisters live in Unity….Luke 4:18-19– “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
The Lord is great always.
Grace and Peace
Robby
P.S. For the next few weeks I will be hiking and camping, doing some amazing relational ministry. This however will mean I will not have access to the internet until closer to the end of the month. Talk to you then!
