I have what feels like a million things to share from the journey God has had me on and I keep thinking why, oh why didn’t I just share it as I was in it so you all would be up to speed and we could just talk about present and future? But each time I try, I keep feeling nudged to go back. I don’t even know what that means… back to what?
God’s has been pulling a lot of pieces together from my journey, including a way to celebrate and just have fun and express love from the BAGOLITAS journey, so I am just going to go there – because it was really my first Kingdom Race, where my eyes were fixed on Jesus (at least at the beginning) and I ran my guts out. I call it my business degree from Bagolitas University, but it is really more than that. It is my Kingdom Runner degree and I learned oh so much.
So I will be starting the process of unpacking what I have learned and am learning. Goodness I don’t even know what that will look like, since guru Michael Hyatt says blog posts should be no more than 500 works and I have already used up nearly half. And will it be chronological? Cohesive? Scattered? That is where I get stuck, so I just can’t worry about it and try to plan it all out. Because I do that. A lot. And there is no room for the Holy Spirit to move in that, so here we are.
If I share what God has had me chewing on this morning, it is this: God has proven himself over and over and over to me. He is so faithful and his ways can be trusted, even when they seem so incredibly unclear and scary at times. When I look back at all that he has moved since really 2004 when I was so restless I thought I would come unglued, it seems impossible to be on this side – but that is where he starts, right?
This really all came to light because I finally, actually sat down at the end of the year and spent time with the Lord reflecting. I have been running so fast that I really haven’t taken the time to look back and praise him for all that he has done and truly SEE how he is knitting everything together. We will miss God at work if we don’t take the time to look back at all he has done, in the past 24 hours, the past month, the past year. It honors him to hear our praises and to thank him for loving us so deeply and validating that we can trust his ways.
Best Practices of a Kingdom Runner | Reflect on where you have been. Where did you see God at work and then take it a step further, what does He want you to discover about yourself and your walk with Christ?
