School as always has been amazing, I am learning so many new things and am getting spoken into by my classmates, leaders and speakers continually.
One thing that I have gotten huge revelation on this year so far is to ask God what my passions, dreams, and hopes are. I have been in this season for quite some time now of not knowing what I am truly passionate about and what I want to do with my life and how do I want my life to make its imprint on this world. Ever since GX God has just been rearranging my life and I am seeing the need so much more now for Him to take the lead. God has definitely got bigger dreams for me than I do for myself, and I have full confidence in Him and His ability to lead me.
The other day I was talking to God and expressing my confused state of slight stagnancy, although I feel like I will be at Bethel for a while longer, I don't know exactly what I am to focus on, and His simple yet profound response was "You never asked Me". It makes me laugh when I realize that I never asked my Creator what my purpose is, and how He tells me so simply why I don't know my destiny yet. Sometimes He leaves our destinies a mystery...but sometimes we leave our destinies a mystery because we fail to ask God "what am I?".
Since then I have come to the realization as to how important it is to daily as God "what am I?". He answers best, He knows best. I love God so much for how He talks to me in a way that can most impact me, simple. He doesn't give some huge theological, philosophical response, He knows my language just like He knows your language.
Now the challenge.
Will I remind myself to ask God to remind me who I am. In doing so the answer of the question hidden below the surface of that question..."what's my purpose?". I will most definitely try, and I would recommend you to do the same.
God does know best.
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
On My Way Dear Ecuador......
I love stories of God's crazy amazing provision...just hearing them builds up so much faith and is encouraging...but testimony after testimony of how God was supernaturally providing the finances for other Bethel student's needs made me wonder...would God every provide for me in the most surprising ways???? Or would I be one who just gets to hear the testimonies and agree about how God truly is Jehovah Jireh and not experience it first hand. God has always had a hand of provision over my family's life and I recognize how He truly cares for His children and desires to see their dreams fulfilled as much as we do, but I want more.
Well before Christmas break I was kind of telling God all that was on my heart...how I needed the finances to come in so I could make my first missions trip deadline on January 5th so I could go to Ecuador with Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. After getting that off my chest I randomly received a message from a guy that I had met once and he told me how he wanted to donate money to go to my missions. He said "just a little bit". Faith starts small...so I told God that at least $100 would be fantastic thinking it wouldn't be that much just because I didn't really know the guy. An envelope comes in the mail, and as I open this envelope I pull out a bunch of twenty dollar bills....as I counted them out it came to a total of $400.00!!!!
Then I sent out another message to friends on January 3rd about how I need to make my deadline in two days! I go to bed that night and was kind of getting nervous about how I needed quite a bit more money to come in. Well I had a dream that someone had donated towards my missions account...so I wake up the morning of January 4th and head straight to the computer knowing that someone had given me money for my trip to Ecuador. Sure enough as I look up my school account online...someone from my family had donated $150.00, during the day money kept coming in and coming in and eventually in one day a total of $580.00 came in!!!!!!!
God continually is showing me more and more of His love and care and how He is the ultimate provider!!!! I feel so incredibly blessed by Him and especially to my dear friends and family who have poured so generously into my life and am so grateful!!! Thanks barely can express how loved I feel!!!
God is always good...always.
Well before Christmas break I was kind of telling God all that was on my heart...how I needed the finances to come in so I could make my first missions trip deadline on January 5th so I could go to Ecuador with Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. After getting that off my chest I randomly received a message from a guy that I had met once and he told me how he wanted to donate money to go to my missions. He said "just a little bit". Faith starts small...so I told God that at least $100 would be fantastic thinking it wouldn't be that much just because I didn't really know the guy. An envelope comes in the mail, and as I open this envelope I pull out a bunch of twenty dollar bills....as I counted them out it came to a total of $400.00!!!!
Then I sent out another message to friends on January 3rd about how I need to make my deadline in two days! I go to bed that night and was kind of getting nervous about how I needed quite a bit more money to come in. Well I had a dream that someone had donated towards my missions account...so I wake up the morning of January 4th and head straight to the computer knowing that someone had given me money for my trip to Ecuador. Sure enough as I look up my school account online...someone from my family had donated $150.00, during the day money kept coming in and coming in and eventually in one day a total of $580.00 came in!!!!!!!
God continually is showing me more and more of His love and care and how He is the ultimate provider!!!! I feel so incredibly blessed by Him and especially to my dear friends and family who have poured so generously into my life and am so grateful!!! Thanks barely can express how loved I feel!!!
God is always good...always.
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