…We can grow brighter than the SON.”
Okay, FUN. May actually say “sun” instead, but I like my version better.
Tonight I get on a plane for South Africa. I have vague ideas of what I am getting myself into and I’m sure the real thing will make a joke of my silly ideas anyways, so I’m really not too concerned with knowing.
But because God is gracious to us and knows how to best encourage us when he asks us to step into the unknown, here is what I do know:
God is bringing me into a greater version of my identity. He has been teaching me to actually believe that he wants to DO SOMETHING BIG with my life. He is casting out lies of inferiority and guilt that have gripped my life for years.
Last night was an incredible encouragement for me. The Lord is speaking boldness, confidence, excitement and leadership into my life. I feel more “myself” than I’ve ever felt and I trust that will only grow over the next month.
In stepping into this truer identity-in beginning to trust that how God made me is actually how he WANTS me-I I am freed to live a full life. Don’t get me wrong, this is hard to step into. It’s a lot more vulnerable to step into a big identity without seeing results of it first. I’m learning that’s what faith is.
Jesus said that the disciples would do greater things than he did [John 14:12]. I imagine it is a touch of blasphemy to say that we will actually grow brighter than the son, but to a degree, it seems that Jesus wants us to. His dreams for us are far greater than our dreams for us.
This trip is time to start believing that He wants ME to set the world on fire. Whether that will be a fraction of the world like Tempe, AZ or on a large scale in many countries, that’s up to the Lord. I imagine it is a little of both (and very excited about that 🙂 ). It’s about time I stop doubting this identity and start saying yes to doing “the greater things.”
Time to set the world on fire.
Let's go grow bright.
