Yesterday was an awesome day.
Lunch with an old friend I miss dearly, my grandpa was quite cheerful and I got to be a part of the start of something I have been praying about for a looong time. I believe this is the "wait" God has been talking about. It's here! Do you know how exciting that is? Too see things beginning to come to fruition is so exciting. I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning, I just can't wait to begin unwrapping the things God has planned.
I was going to take a break from Gideon and the simulcast today. I even started a post diving right into the very things I'm so excited about. However, it just wasn't shaping up the way I thought it should so I stopped. I pulled out my Gideon notes to see where I left off and this was the next line: "The first place to do our most impactful work is at home".
Whoa. OK God, I hear you, Gideon it is.
Now you might be thinking, I don't get it? And that's OK, I'll explain. Last night I went to the first meeting of a group of people whose hearts are geared toward missions. While missions abroad were discussed and will be a part of the group. I think we all came with a heart just as heavy for local missions. With a longing for doing the same things right here in our community that missionaries are doing overseas. So basically "the first place to do our most impactful work is at home."
My next line in my notes reads: "James 1: Going to emerge a different person". James 1:22 says "but be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves". Might have talked about that a few times last night as well. While I am on a continual journey of changing who I am, I firmly believe this new season is going to bring so much growth I will begin to again emerge a different person. Priscilla reminded us (and one of my favorite lines of the day) "You are not the same person you used to be, your name has been changed. Your Daddy named you and your Daddy is a King, so that makes you a princess- just saying"!
God has been doing so much work in me lately. Laying so much on my heart. While it may not seem so apparent on the outside, my insides are just a mess right now. He has been plowing the soil through scripture, books, people, etc., preparing me for what He has me waiting on. The Holy Spirit who reveals these thing to us has been speaking or nudging me oh so tenderly. The Holy Spirit literately (especially after last night) has been just about to cause me to burst from excitement! So many thoughts and ideas about many different things, but just knowing God's working brings such great joy. I had a very difficult time falling asleep last night because I just wanted to share everything He was revealing to me. All the dots He was connecting. I could barely contain myself and had to pray to the Lord that He help me to discern what to reveal and when. (This is a battle of mine, I tend to get excited and jump the gun a little... maybe that's why He has been saying just wait ;) )But this reminded me of the illustration Priscilla shared at the simulcast about the Holy Spirit. She began by telling us how popcorn is made. Each kernel of corn has a tiny drop of water in it. When that drop of water is heated up on the inside the kernel begins to expand until it POPS! The Holy Spirit works the same way, living on the inside of us but as it expands POP, the outside changes too!
I can't wait to share with you as God leads this new journey. There is so much more I want to share that I am working out in my head and in prayer, and I will. I can't wait to see God at work in the lives of so many people in so many ways. I'm excited for there to be a light in this community and people who are willing to be the light for those who are going through a period of darkness, or for some, a lifetime. Because as Priscilla reminded us last Saturday: "People always turn to the light".
Lord,
Thank you! Thank you for sending your son to die so that we might have salvation. So that we have the opportunity to be a light to others. Continue to mold me into the me You intended me to be. Thank you for entrusting me with the responsibility of sharing your word and through the Holy Spirit guide me to people who need your word. Use me and let me be obedient to you. Let me not be just a hearer but a doer as well.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
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