In my last post I discussed how I am learning to be more comfortable with the phrase, “I don’t know.” I discussed that knowing why something is happening is not as important as following the Truth. Then I dropped the mic and walked off. It all sounds great, but what in the world does that even look like. Since I didn’t want to leave you hanging, I’m back on stage picking up the mic for an encore. I want to dive into a few practical things I do to put this into practice. I’m by no means great at this or have arrived but I am learning how to get better at them.
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I Don’t Understand
There is no doubt that 2020 will be a year talked about for a very long time. It is also taking a play from the LOST playbook and leaving us with more questions than answers (Did Jack make the putt?). One of the toughest parts is not knowing the answers. We are people that want answers to everything. It’s part of the reason conspiracy theories are taking off right now. I was listening to a sermon by Rudy Nikkerud (Planetshakers) recently and he said, “God never called me to a life of understanding.” That simple truth can be so frustrating and so hard to understand.
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I think we have all had a moment in our life that we asked God why. Why did this happen to me? Why did this happen to them? Why do you want me to do that? There is a lot of mystery in the things God has called us to do. The summer heading into my senior year of high school, God gave me one of these moments.
That summer, I worked as a camp counselor at a Christian camp called Teen Valley Ranch on summer. At the beginning of the summer I had no plans on doing so, in fact I had not even applied. One week my youth pastor was going to speak, and my best friend was working there, so I decided to go up for a week for fun. The next week our youth group was going up, so I stayed for the weekend and then the next week with the youth group. Since I was a little older, they asked me if I wanted to be the junior counselor for the week with my youth group. I jumped on the opportunity and had such a fun week. [Read more…] about Mystery Can Be Just As Important As Revelation