Rooted, Rebooted

Man, yesterday was epic!

It was the first time this year that I'd served a double-header at church, but it was a riot along with serving with some truly awesome young adults that make serving at church what it is; epic!

Also, as an added bonus, I found out that my splash circle is getting bigger, which is awesome as my movement starts to gain momentum...

The Movement Gains Momentum

So, let's start at the top, shall we?

It was raining, which is standard at this time of year in Manchester, but that didn't stop my enthusiasm because I love to serve at church as it reminds you that you are part of something so much bigger than yourself.

Yes, I might be going through some really challenging stuff that leaves me emotionally charged or drained, depending on how I react to it, but the reality of the situation is that yesterday I could not have been happier to be a part of such a movement that is !Audacious Church.

I said before how I wanted to start a movement across social media and it is so good to see how my splash circle is gradually increasing as more and more people are aware that what I say on social media and who I am in real life are one and the same.

All because this book that I am writing is challenging me so much to make sure I'm rooting my identity in the correct place; Christ Jesus and nowhere else, and I mean nowhere else: -

Without a doubt this song sums up how I feel at the moment because my heart may indeed "wander no longer" now that it has seen, heard & felt Jesus move in so many different ways lately, so much more than I could ever account for upon here.

Now that my life is indeed heading onwards and upwards after my initial rocky start, I am left basking in the afterglow of how other people have reacted to my words & actions. I'm not saying that I'm doing it for the praises of man, because that is just futile.

Instead I am saying that what I am feeling inside, despite crushing to pieces on someone for ages now, shows up enough on the outside in my words and my actions that people are beginning to notice my enthusiasm and positivity as evidence that God is at work in me this past few weeks.

God's fire has turned up in intensity so much that it has now gone on the inside of me to cleanse me and, hopefully, continue making me more and more like my Saviour every single day. So, though I struggle with containing and holding onto just how much I like a certain person so much, it doesn't threaten to derail my walk with God like it would with someone of a weaker faith.

Final Thought

There comes a critical point in a person's life where they either get stuck in the mud and stay there or, with careful manoeuvring of the throttle and the brakes, they gradually allow God to extricate them and get them on their way.

I'm on my way now, not only do I feel it, but I also own it!

The truth is that I actually feel strong enough to handle my situation because it belongs to Christ now, who handles my situation through me (Phil 4:13). So me giving my situation over to God was the best thing that I could do all that time ago as He, in turn, continues to work through me even though I don't understand half of the feelings that I am having for this person!

So in the end I guess that I am going to have to be the one to tell her and not my L.G.L's, my friends, or anybody else for that matter.

All in God's time, though, all in God's time!

Peace!