Currently Listening United We Stand By Hillsong United see related

With only 51 days left at the Honor Academy as an undergraduate intern I have some choices to make, but really it is a choice that the Lord is going to have to make. There is nothing I can do to get God to give me what I want, and right now I don't want that to happen. I remember praying long ago for the Lord to just give me the choice and right now isn't a good time for Him to answer that one. I have 2 options as I see it. I can either stay here at a Graduate Intern and pour into the lives of the undergraduates in either Management Associate Program which will give me business management skills or I could stay as a Core Advisor which would put in a position to mentor, guide, lead, direct, pour into, and be apart of the interns lives. I would have at most 12 undergraduate men that would be in my direct care. If i did stay here another year I would be taking Distance Learning classes through Liberty University where I would get my BS in Multi-Disciplinary Studies. Or, I could go home to Missouri and go to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO where I would get my BS in Youth Ministry. I feel called to youth and in both places I get the experience and know how, but where does the Lord want me to be. I don't want my emotions to dictate where I end up and I have been praying that the Lord changes my heart and makes like His. Even if I don't like it or I don't agree with the answer I want to glorify Him and i want to do what He wants me to do!!!

Last night I got a letter from my grandma Donnell and she isn't doing so well, but at least she has a positive attitude about it. She is in her mid 80's and she still is going. This year will be her first year that she doesn't come to Texas to see her family, and this will be the first time I get to see them in 19 years. It is funny how stuff like works. Anyways, I was thinking that I could go home and be with her and the rest of my family because school and all that is always there, but family is only here for a while. So, I went to the back 400 acres of our campus and just cried out to the Lord and pushed in to Him. At every fork in the road I was asking the Lord to direct me in the path I should take. This was my faith walk with the Lord. After about few forks I stood in the moon light crying and asking the Lord to direct the path I should take for the next year. I could either turn around and go back the same way I came to get back to the admin building which symbolizes going back in time. Or I could walk forward and take on my future. I choice to go forward into the darkness of the woods. Talking about having faith. We puma's, wild pigs, attacking squirrels, and who knows what. It is kinda scary. I came up to another fork where it looked like the trucks have used this path many times and I got to think about that. The Bible says that the path is narrow, so I walked down the narrow path that took me into a place that I was unfamiliar with, and it was amazing. I was scared, but the Lord hasn't given me a spirit of fear so what was I so afraid of. I ended up in a place that I was familiar with. That is how the Lord works. He takes you down a path that is scaring to that you rely on Him, but then after you have walked in obedience things because more clear and you soon know where you are.

I needed that time with Jesus last night. I didn't find out what I am suppose to do next year, but at least I know that the Lord is going to show me in His timing. In Habakkuk 2:3 it says that the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay. It is in God's timing not mine. So I ask that you would join me in prayer as I seek out what the Lord is calling me to. Thanks you for being faithful! Jesus is awesome and He is ALWAYS Faithful!

Currently Listening Turn the Tides By 38th Parallel see related

The choice is...

Conformation

Conformation

            Coming in to this LTE I was unaware of the intensity of the weekend and the content that I would receive.  Although I gained some good knowledge about living a Godly life now instead of waiting, I came away with conformation of things that I already knew.

            The main things that I came away from this LTE with were to not focus so much on what my purpose and plan in life are, but to live for God now, and use what He has given me to serve Him.  As I do that He will show me how to bring it all together.  Also, that to become an effective communicator I need to understand the audience of which I am talking to, and relate to them in some way.  Lastly, women are complicated, and to have better relations with them, I need to understand that they base many decisions on emotions. 

            The main objective that I walked away with was that I need to live for God now and understand that He has prepared me to do something great in my life and that one day when everything lines up He will pull it all together and reveal my purpose.  I need to quit focusing so much on what I am supposed to do and start focusing on my two to three foot area around me.  I need to serve God now and rely on Him to give me the strength and wisdom to effectively get through to the people that He has placed in my life now. 

            Some areas of attack for me would be that I am not so optimistic when it comes to waiting.  If I were my own “devil” then I would attack myself by putting things in my path that look good and that will work, but that would lead me off the path of waiting for God.  I would take what I am good at such as commutating to people and would set up a scheme to make myself fall into the trap of gossip and slander.  Although it would take a while to fall into the slander part, it could happen over time.  I would also set a trap to get myself entangled in being caught up on my own desires and dreams and then put those in my life and convince myself that it was God’s will because I think I have waited long enough.

            To obtain victory over myself, I need to be in The Word constantly, and devoting time that I think about the future in prayer.  I need to better understand who I am and why I am the way God created me.  Also, understand the talents and gifts that God has allowed me to have.  I would constantly test everything to see if what I was hearing matched up with God’s word.  The Bible tells us to do that and if it matches up then it is good, but if it doesn’t stand up to Christ’s standard then it isn’t from Him.  I would better familiarize myself with other people who are in the same position I am in and I would also seek advice from people who I respect, and who are older, wiser, and more mature. 

A Mission for the World

A Mission for the World

            Missions are the main theme of the Bible, and because it is the main theme it needs to be more emphasized.  We as Christians need to understand why it is so important and then figure out what God is calling us to perform.  We are all called to go, send, mobilize, pray, and greet.  But, what is our main mission? 

            “God’s secret plan,” as it is called by David Hasz, is not so secret.  It is to bring God all the glory.  As I have researched “The Plan,” I have not been able to find in the scriptures where it says, that God’s plan is to have fellowship with every man, woman, and child on the face of the earth.  Does He want to?  I believe yes, but if it is His plan, then He would, because God always gets what He wants. What I have found is that God gets all the glory.  Romans 9 explains how God will have mercy on whoever He wants to, and that He creates thing prepared in advance for destruction.  All of this is to show His Glory.  This is the same reason why God created the whole universe to show what He can do. 

            Christians are all called to go out and make disciples.  The question then comes how.  What needs to be done, and who, what, when, where are the resources.  The main goal is set on the people who actually go.  The main purpose of the military is to get in, fight, and get out.  The infantry is the fighting force who gets the job done, and every other job such as medical, communication, logistics, intelligence, etc, are supporting them.  There are many “supporting” jobs in missions work as well, and all of them help the “goers’ get it done since they are the ones who are entering into foreign soil and presenting The Gospel to unreached people.

            People who mobilize others to go are a key instrument to seeing that people get reached.  These people will train and equip others to go.  This is done through various means such as reading books, going to seminars, getting logistics in order, and many others.  A mobilizer will do everything in their power to make sure that the goer is successful in reaching the lost.  Without a strong mobilizing operation the mission is more likely to fail.

            A senders job is make sure that the goer has finances under control so that supplies can be obtained, and the goer is not stranded in the mission field with nothing.  The sender is more than likely very wealthy and needs to understand that there is a financial need to all goers that are wanting to make an impact on this world.

            An intercessor is a person who prays for the goer and who is active in seeing lives changed.  God knows our needs and He wants to see people come to Him, but He likes to hear it.  Those who pray are a vital part in missions.  The goer is going to be in need of protection, finances, wisdom, strength, etc.  When the intercessor prays for the goer they become bonded in the spirit and dramatic things start to happen in seeing lost people come to Christ.

            Millions of people come in to the United States every year and there are people who greet them.  These people are a key player in showing them Christ.  First impressions tend to last a long time, and when someone new comes to the US and are greeted in Christ name and love that sends a clear message to the visitor that they are welcomed.

            We are called to do each and every one of these things.  One could be a goer in there own backyard or on short term mission, a mobilizer in their church, a sender to someone going on a short term trip, a intercessor for those all over the world, we all can pray for each person, and we can greet new people as they come in to the neighborhood. 

            Some key steps that I see myself doing over the next few years are to go on sort term missions trips, and help other people get ready to go by pouring out what I have been learning here at the Honor Academy.  Along the way I could see that there might be some road bumps in the way, but I am not quiet sure of what that might be.  I don’t really know what God is calling me to do as my primary role in Missions, and that might be the road block in the way.