Hola!
Guatemala is breathtaking! So beautiful and so green and lush. We are in the mountainous region and the mountains are incredible! I can't believe this is real life. God, you're an incredible creator and I'm so thankful that you chose me to be a part of your plan.
The past few days, I've been soaking in the goodness of God and His incredible love for me. I'll be sitting having quiet time and all of a sudden I get choked up and tears start streaming down my face when I think of His love. The same God that chose Abraham, Noah, Moses, Paul, etc. to be a part of His plan and build His kingdom also chose ME! Woah! I'm a part of the same plan that Moses was a part of!! And you know what? So are YOU! What an honor it is to be a servant for the Lord. Tears are forming just thinking about it.
So what is His plan for me for this month?
I'm so hungry to have more of God and to see and feel Him move in powerful ways. I'm craving an intimacy so deep with the Father that every second of every day I'm aware of His presence and it's determining the next step I take and the next word I speak. I want to be so in tune with Him because I know I cannot do this without Him. Jesus himself did not do anything that the Father did not first tell him to do so why would I think that I could do this without him?
How do I get there though? How do I become so consumed with God and so aware of what He is doing and speaking over me?
I had a sweet moment the other day with our squad's coaches, "Daddy Tim" and "Mama Lisa," where they laid hands over me and prayed for me. I expressed to them my hunger for more of God and my desire to be so in tune with the Spirit. I expected them to pray this outrageous prayer where all of a sudden I was knocked off my feet and automatically filled to a new measure with the Spirit. It didn't happen that way though. Tim and Lisa's prayer over me was that I would have a deeper revelation of the love God has for me.
Woah. That wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but it was so spot on. God is also desiring an intense intimacy with me and the only way we'll get there is by growing more in love with each other. God wants me to realize just how much he loves me, and to receive that love at a whole new level. God IS love. And it's His love that changes the atmosphere and changes people. Love is powerful. Love Himself is powerful.
So right now I'm focusing on how much God loves me– His extravagant love for me and how much he delights in me as His daughter. He chases after me and relentlessly pursues me. It was this love that first drew me to Him 14 years ago when I was a little girl and it continues to be this same love that draws me closer to Him and into new and deeper levels. God, you're so great. Thank you that the way you choose to pursue your children is through extravagant love.
I pray that we will all have a revelation of just how much God loves us and that it will be this love that draws us into deeper intimacy and a deeper relationship with the Father.
