Training Camp has ended, and now me and my team are only about 6weeks away from launch! I can hardly believe the way time has flown by. It was so great to meet my squad, and I really came to the realization that I will be spending the next 9months with all these people, which is truly a privilege.
I got to spend just 10 days with them at training camp and just became more in awe of all that God had done in their lives! The Lord is so good!
Something else that I want to share with you is, while I was at training camp, we were posed with the question ‘Have you counted the Cost?’ And at first I was thinking, ‘of course I have, I’m at training aren’t I?’ But then I began thinking more about the question, and began asking the Lord if I really had counted the cost. Then I came to the conclusion that I had, but only partly. I had counted the cost in terms of how I was going to have to give up some of the comforts of home, such as:
- my bed
- good food
- family
- friends
- personal space
And the list goes on. But what I hadn’t thought about was how I was going to have to give up my fears that I was harboring, Such as:
- Am I good enough?
- Can God actually use me?
- what if someone else can do it better?
These were all things that I was worrying about. But these were not things that the Lord had instilled in me, because He says in 2 Timothy 1:7
“For I have not given you a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
The lord was calling me out of fear. He does not want me (or anyone else) to live in fear. Because He equips those He calls. I need to trust that even though I am not enough on my own, I am enough with the Lord. Because He is my strength and He is sending me out to preach the gospel to the nations.
So I encourage anyone who is reading this, If the Lord had called you to do someone, but you are fearing that you aren’t enough, take that to the Lord. Because no you aren’t enough apart from God. But with God you can do all things because it is He who is strengthening you!
Well that’s all I have for now. However, I look expectantly to all that God has in store over the next 10months of my life. Because every day God has something new to teach, and it is truly an adventure! I’m excited to be able to share this journey with all of you! Dios Te Bendiga (God Bless)
