Come this March, I will be leading a team, consisting of myself and one student, to Leicester, a university town north of Harpenden. As an "Impact UK DTS", we felt as a school that it was important to get out and help YWAM bases around the UK. We don't want to stick to our bubble that is YWAM Harpenden, but would rather see how God is working in other parts of the country.
There are nine teams in total. Bronwyn, the student coming with me and my one-on-one, and I will be traveling to the base in Leicester to help them where needed and begin prepping ourselves for the extended outreach towards the end of April.
I am very excited to have an opportunity to lead a team for outreach. Granted, it's only me and one other girl, but I'm thrilled nonetheless! I believe that this will be an experience that will help me grow in my role as a leader and staff here in YWAM.
When I first heard that I'd be the only staff, I was shocked. I never expected to lead a team, no matter how big or small it was. After the announcement, I ran to my room and instantly started looking up everything possible about Leicester. Scrolling through the Wikipedia page, I started thinking, "God, I don't know if I can do this". However, halfway down the page, I came across the Leicester crest. Under the crest, it reads "Semper Eadem" , which is Latin for, "Always the Same".
Now, during the course of my DTS, some of the trainees wrote a song whilst on outreach about how God is never-changing, titled, "Always the Same". So, looking at the crest and knowing that all I needed was someone to rely on since I doubted my own ability so much, that was precisely what I needed.
God is Good. He is always there. He is always the same, unchanging, dependable, reliable, steadfast, and sturdy. So thanks God; Thanks for being there when I doubt and when worry seeps into my mind. You are with me always.
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Breakthrough and Beginnings
Topic this week was Holy Spirit. Appropriate and much needed.
Not to say that the Holy Spirit hasn`t been working within the school these past few weeks, but a new revelation of why we`re all here and what God wants to do with us and through us has been made.
During a worship session this week, one of the trainees asked aloud, "Why are we afraid of each other? Why do we feel the need to only be surface level with God and one another?". I've been asking myself that same question for the past few weeks. I got a picture of a handful of pebbles being thrown into a lake; together, they make a loud splash and the ripples are large. However, throwing individual pebbles into a lake makes a smaller impact on the surface of the water. I've been feeling like all of us, staff and students, have been focusing on making an individual impact rather than coming together to make a larger "splash". So when the elephant in the room was addressed this week, it forced all of us to rethink our actions and FINALLY say, "God, we need you because we can't do this on our own."
We need prayer. I know that God has big plans for the UK this year and that He will use us to make an impact. However, I don't want us as a school to become apathetic or fractured as a group. This is a team here to make an IMPACT, and that's precisely where I think the enemy will target us. Please pray for a unified team, full of the Holy Spirit and ready for action wherever need be!
Not to say that the Holy Spirit hasn`t been working within the school these past few weeks, but a new revelation of why we`re all here and what God wants to do with us and through us has been made.
During a worship session this week, one of the trainees asked aloud, "Why are we afraid of each other? Why do we feel the need to only be surface level with God and one another?". I've been asking myself that same question for the past few weeks. I got a picture of a handful of pebbles being thrown into a lake; together, they make a loud splash and the ripples are large. However, throwing individual pebbles into a lake makes a smaller impact on the surface of the water. I've been feeling like all of us, staff and students, have been focusing on making an individual impact rather than coming together to make a larger "splash". So when the elephant in the room was addressed this week, it forced all of us to rethink our actions and FINALLY say, "God, we need you because we can't do this on our own."
We need prayer. I know that God has big plans for the UK this year and that He will use us to make an impact. However, I don't want us as a school to become apathetic or fractured as a group. This is a team here to make an IMPACT, and that's precisely where I think the enemy will target us. Please pray for a unified team, full of the Holy Spirit and ready for action wherever need be!
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Pause.
I need to pause. To pause and listen. Listen to God and feel confident in knowing He is there. He is there, forever and always.
Take time to listen.
Take time to stop.
Take time to be.
It's not always easy, and clearly from my lack of posts over the past few weeks, it's something I am still very much learning.
Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Hebrew word for "know" is "yada". However, it means "to know" in the most intimate and close way. In Genesis, when Adam lay with Eve, it is written that he "knew" her; he was intimate with her and the two became one. God wants the same with us. Not to be intimate in a sexual way, but rather to know us deeply; to become one with us and just to be with us. We need to be still and intimate with God, allow Him to speak to us, give Him time to be glorified and acknowledged as our One True Love.
I need to pause. To pause and listen.
God is here and He is waiting.
Take time to listen.
Take time to stop.
Take time to be.
It's not always easy, and clearly from my lack of posts over the past few weeks, it's something I am still very much learning.
Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Hebrew word for "know" is "yada". However, it means "to know" in the most intimate and close way. In Genesis, when Adam lay with Eve, it is written that he "knew" her; he was intimate with her and the two became one. God wants the same with us. Not to be intimate in a sexual way, but rather to know us deeply; to become one with us and just to be with us. We need to be still and intimate with God, allow Him to speak to us, give Him time to be glorified and acknowledged as our One True Love.
I need to pause. To pause and listen.
God is here and He is waiting.
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