I’m trying to figure out how to write this update without sharing information about my whereabouts. I’ll do my best…

A long time ago God told me that He was going to send me to stand before kings, princes, and governors and speak forth the words He would give me. This past weekend His word came true as I sat eating breakfast with the Mayor of this city and her husband. I won’t say more of that encounter here because this isn’t the place for that… but what I will say is that God’s Word never fails. Yesterday I witnessed His Word to me come true. It certainly is the very beginning of the fulfillment of His Word but it is fulfillment. And today God had me send them a word from Him which was further fulfillment of His Word to me.

How funny to walk this journey that He has set my feet upon?! And what an encouragement to all of you who are seeking Him and to obey His will for your life. Has God told you something about your life that has yet to be fulfilled? Well… my story should encourage you to keep waiting on the fulfillment to come.

God extends His hand to all of us through Jesus Christ and asks us, “Will you lose your life so that you can gain it?”

As Jim Elliot said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

I feel the power of God flowing past me as I sit here and write. It’s like a river that I am standing in. If only I could describe it. It feels like power, like electricity or wind passing by my spirit. I can barely sit here so strong in the push against me. If it wasn’t a spiritual power I would certainly be tossed from this chair. This is the power that seems to always flow around me as I write… and it is getting stronger and stronger each day. I surprisingly still resist this power of God… I push against it as if I was fighting a strong wind. I know that when I finally surrender to Him completely… there won’t be any more of me left.

The darkness of this world grows darker and darker all around us… it’s true. But the light of the children of God grows brighter and brighter. The Dawn is fast approaching… and the day of the releasing of the glorious freedom of the children of God draws near.

We must hold fast to our testimony of the faithfulness of God in our lives and be covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. We must share with everyone our faith in the God that created us and sent His only Son to save us.

I miss my family and my friends and all the people I have met along the journey of my life. I also miss those who I meet everyday because I know that one day soon I’ll be called to leave this city and go to where God sends me next. Such is the price of my calling. The dreadfully painful price.