Friday night I decided to hit up the GCB Staff prayer/planning meeting for GCB’s camp this year. I was bummed that I wasn’t able to go this year, but really excited I was able to share with them in prayer for the students in GCB. Prayer is the most important role. We had a great time talking, goofing off. Mainly I was laughing….I was feeling a little loopy that night. Must have been a second wind. We had an incredible worship time. It was so intense. I could feel the presence of God so thick….more than I ever have before.
We began praying for the youth, and I literally felt like God was tuning me out from the group. I have never really experienced this before. Several times I wanted to pray for specific things, but couldn’t. It was almost as if God was telling me to shut up and listen. Which is fine by me. Sometimes I need a Holy Spirit smack down.
So I obeyed. I listened to Him speak to me….and I was glad I did.
I’ve made so many mistakes in my life (some large and some small), things I am not proud of whatsoever. Things I’ve had to repent of. Uproot. Confess to friends. Family. Pastors.
I’m not going to hit a lot of detail…but I will say that God spoke to me and told me He allowed those things to happen in my life (yes my choices could’ve kept me from them) so that He could position me. So He can position me to be effective in my job, in my ministry, as a worshiper, with my family, and as a man. I love 1 Corinthians 13:11….”When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.”
I’m excited for the positioning that is taking place, and as always, excited to see what God has in store for the next season of my life.
He is faithful, faithful, faithful.
-Dustin