Passion 2012... Wow is all I can say... I had expectations for what I would receive and experience at Passion but they were completely blown out of the water. God has used this event to not only powerfully speak to our generation but also to inspire us to be the change our world needs. I have been completely refreshed and my heart is feeling a fire that had been extinguished a while ago.
At the end of 2011 I was feeling run down and ineffective, what's more frightening is I was feeling as far from God as the east is from the west. One of the things that I heard God speak to me at Passion is that when I am feeling far from Him it is because I have created that gap between us. He never leaves us nor forsakes us that is what His word says and He is completely true to His promises. I had created such a big gap between me and God by indulging in the desires of my flesh and delighting in the temporary things that my sin could offer that I couldn't even see His face any longer. But as Beth Moore said in her session there is no amount of dirt that can make Jesus unclean. I needed to realize that no matter how deep I am in my sin I can always reach out for the healing touch of Jesus.
In the first session God took a hold of my heart through Louie Giglio. I was on my way to my funeral and Jesus interrupted my procession to awaken me to life again. I had let myself be brought down by the enemy because I had underestimated him. But Jesus had different plans for my life and as Louie spoke he called me out of my darkness and blindness into his marvelous light once more. He has awakened me not only to a new passion for Him and delighting in Him and His promises but also a passion for justice in this world. To think that there are 27 million boys, girls, men and women out there that are being trafficked as I write this blog is mind-blowing but the great thing about this is that there are 7 billion people in our world that can do something about it. I will not sit back any longer and watch others do what God has called ME to do. I will take a stand upon injustice and I will ruin the plans of the enemy. He will no longer oppress us because there is one who came to loosen every chain and take every burden away and that is my savior Jesus Christ. I will be His hands and feet bringing hope to the oppressed and the forgotten. There are no orphans in the kingdom of God. He will leave the herd to go after the one lost sheep. I can't wait to see what God is going to do in this year not only through me but through the 45,000 that were at passion this year. So I will ask you to join me in prayer not only for this fire to continue but a change to happen in our world and the rest of our generation with others just like us to rise up and say NO MORE will I stand for this. I pray that our voice will be heard from the rooftops of our cities as we join together to give praise to the God who rescues, heals and restores...
