So why is it when it comes to the time to write a blog, my mind goes blank and I cant think of anything to say. But here I am, I have been gone for three weeks now! The time is flying by, and just going to go by even faster. We have alot of ministry opportunities coming up, and I am beyond excited! One of the things will be doing is leaving the ranch for two weeks and will get to work with this wonderful woman. Alot of which will be working in the slums with kids. Yay!!
The people I am spending my 2 1/2 months are amazing, and im learning so much from them. Through our morning devo’s, our team time during the night, and even through out the day when working along side them. I have so much still to learn! God is teaching me alot recently about surrendering everything to Him. He is opening my eyes that I should give up everything in order to follow Jesus. That is so hard to say though, because I can water that down so much. I can easily think that I wouldnt need to give that up because its not a big deal!
But in this book we are reading as a group called Radical. In it David Platt says, “This is where we need to pause. Because we are starting to redefine Christianity. We are giving into the dangerous temptation to take the Jesus of the bible and twist him into a version of Jesus we are more comfortable with. We are molding Jesus into our image, someone we are comfortable with.”
That really hit me because I will tend to do that, alot. So God is continually showing me this. It seems almost everyday he points this out. For the last two weeks I was like well ill just wait on God to show me what im needing to give up, like whats that one thing. But here I am again watering it down! Because I just may be able to handle that one thing. Thats not so hard God!
There is this verse I have written down though and it says, “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” Everything, wow God that is alot. But then Jesus also says, “It will be better, not just for the poor but for you too, when you abandon the stuff you are holding onto.” When we let go of the things of the world, its so much easier to discover the treasure of knowing and experiencing Him.
Anyway so here in Brazil, and I am giving everything to you God. I need so much help and prayer because I still feel I fully cant comprehend what that means. But I have this hunch God is going to show me…:)
