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I’m Freaking Out.<\/h3>\n

Yeah I am. Totally freaking out.<\/em> That’s not an over exaggeration. I really have been\u00a0freaking out. We leave for Uganda and Thailand tomorrow. It’s our third time going to Uganda<\/a>\u00a0so you’d think I’d be used to this by now. But, if I think about it, this is the hardest pre-missions experience I’ve had. It’s not the travel that I’m worried about (I’m actually really excited to be going to some new places!). What I’m worried about is me, and all the things I’m going to be doing whilst we’re away: praying for people, talking with people, preaching and sharing, playing the guitar\u00a0and singing, just to name a few. That all\u00a0might not seem like much, but it certainly\u00a0causes these questions to rise up:<\/p>\n

Is what I carry what the people of Uganda & Thailand need? What if what I share totally doesn’t make sense? My singing really isn’t that good – what will people think? Will I put people off connecting with God? What if I don’t hear anything when praying for people? Will I be ok? Will I be accepted? Am I really enough?<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Land.<\/h3>\n

Last year, Emma saw a vision of a large piece of land. There was a few buildings on it, including a nice comfortable home for Emma and I. Then a hand came through and totally cleared the land – no more buildings! Just bare land, allowing it to rest and be restored of all it’s nutrients. Then a friend had the exact same vision but saw a little extra. Without any seeds being sown, new shoots began to grow. What had laid dormant, waiting for the right season, began to flourish.<\/p>\n

We felt like the buildings represented the life we had built and the dreams of others we had served. There was nothing wrong at all with what had been built. For the season we had been\u00a0in it was exactly what we were called to do. But the season was changing; God was about to clear away everything we had built and take us into a season of rest.\u00a0Being restored. Finding ourselves apart from the life we could so easily rest on, the positions we held, the jobs we did. Finding a place of being<\/em>, instead of a place of doing.\u00a0And that’s where we’ve been up until just last week – resting.<\/p>\n

Now the seeds have begun to grow on a restored\u00a0foundation and fresh\u00a0shoots are thriving. This foundation is\u00a0one that He Himself had laid before the world began. These seeds are treasures hidden in us to be revealed at the right time, and\u00a0that time is now<\/em>. He’s begun to lead us and teach us His way of\u00a0doing, growing and creating things. And it’s all from a foundation\u00a0of rest – a place of being, before doing.<\/p>\n

Trust.<\/h3>\n

In the past going on mission has felt much easier. I was able to rest on my own achievements – the buildings we had built.\u00a0But this time\u00a0that foundation doesn’t exist. There’s just a clear piece of land. There’s nothing to rest on. Nothing I’ve gained myself on which I can rely. Nothing. I feel empty, unworthy and of no value.<\/p>\n

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” Mat 13:44<\/em><\/p>\n

This chunk\u00a0of nuggety goodness\u00a0hit me last week as God reminded me of the vision of the seeds beginning to grow. He\u00a0has hidden treasures in me that are only just now being revealed. I am the Kings son, and He let go of everything He had to win me back. Now all I have to do is trust that Papa\u00a0knew what He was doing when He made me, He knew what He was doing when he was winning me back, and that He knows what He’s doing right now. He’s a good God with a good plan. And, even harder than all that, trust in myself. Trust that I am enough because He made me enough.<\/p>\n

This foundation of being<\/em> becomes the very platform from which I do things. Who I am is treasure, and therefore what I\u00a0have to offer is treasure.\u00a0My mission for the next three weeks is\u00a0to trust in that truth. Trust in Him. Trust in myself. And\u00a0when circumstances\u00a0don’t seem to line up with it all, be as kind to myself as He is toward me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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