If you hang around the community of the World Race long enough you will start to hear a lot of stories. Incredible stories of the way the Lord “shows up” in unexpected provision, in prophetic guidance and even supernatural healing. So at first I was hopeful about the ways God would show up as so much of our time was to be devoted to “asking the Lord.” What resulted was much time spent straining to focus my mind and grasp at any floating idea that might be the Lord and coming up empty.
Things changed in good ways after that as we adjusted and towards the end our team decided to have a 24 hour prayer and worship time in our Couch Room for the squad. Our shifts were each about 3 and half hours long. During my time the Lord helped me see all the way He had shown up for me in the last month. I hadn’t seen them because I was looking for Words and Pictures when He had been showing up with His Presence and His Help. Never really saying anything, but ever near and letting me know again and again that He had seen me and knew what and when I needed relief and rest from the things that were hard.
We say here on the Race to be open to receiving God in whatever way He wants to shows up as long as it’s really Him. Usually we mean in the instances where it’s so weird that people are tempted to reject it immediately. I personally really enjoy the crazy stuff. For me I had to embrace His quieter ways when what I really want is something dramatic and over the top. And when I do that, I realize how close it is we really are.
