This Is For Me

I typically write my blogs keeping my audience in mind.  This blog is atypical.  This blog is for me.  I need to make the following declaration in order for me to take this next step as one of the squad leaders of the October 2009 squad.

Immediately after being named a squad leader, alongside Jory Billot and Katie Hannon, our squad united with us corporately and individually.  A dear sister wrote me a note that said that I "exude confidence."  Unfortunately, my self-talk and years of religious "humility" kicked into gear, making it difficult to receive such life giving words.  "Thanks, but no not really."  "It's not me; it's Jesus."

As I mature I am realizing that false humility is nothing but religiously adorned pride that sucks the marrow from the bones of growth, authority in Christ, and community.  In the book, The Supernatural Ways of Royalty, the author says, "There are no little people in the Kingdom of God.  There are only sons and daughters who are more than conquerors!  God never reminds us of our smallness when He calls us to do something awesome.  Instead He calls us to courage by proclaiming something amazing over us like, �You're a mighty warrior.'  We've shrunk men below the size of their devil and so they are left to face him without the full benefit of their true identity and authority.  We must be elevated to capture the high calling of God.  It is essential that the Body of Christ gets free from an ungodly, low self-esteem.  We see throughout Scripture that when people get an identity change from God, they are catapulted into the destiny that once eluded them."

The following is what has been spoken over me and I speak over myself; therefore, I am going to walk in these truths with a humility that says, "I will be all I can be in order to make my roof your floor."

I am wise.

I am a gifted writer.

I am a captivated son of I Am.

I am respected and looked up to.

I "lead by example in every situation."

I am loved, and I have the ability to love deep.

I have high standards and strive for excellence.

I am a "mountain mover, a big Man for the Kingdom."

I am an "anybody person" that can relate with anyone.

I "do not change with circumstances; I change the circumstances around me."

I "will be able to excel where other men have failed because of my character."

I am "such a hard worker and [I] get others to be the same without even realizing it."

I challenge people "in a way that doesn't make them want to throw a water balloon at [me]."

You did it Weston.  You were, once again, willing to be vulnerable and got things done.  Walk in doubt, self-condemnation, and false humility no more for you were saved by grace to live an extraordinary life as an ordinary Christian.

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*Photos provided by Nicole Ricketts.