When I think of the word destiny, and immediately
ward off any urge to belt out bootylicous, its connotation seems to shout of
life’s far off and intangible dreams. Destiny was the first topic to find its
way into the DTS classroom where the staff and students learned God’s destiny
for their lives is not achieving the ultimate goal but rather finding identity
as sons and daughters of the Great King.
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| At Mt. Seymour getting aquainted opening week of DTS |
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| high fives on her own two feet! |
As the first week unfolded, teacher Joseph Watson
taught that the world gets their identity from four places: what they do, what
they look like, what they have and what they know. And I find common ground in
all four parameters; in my parenting, my appearance, my possessions and my
education. What does it even mean to find my identity as a daughter of the
Great King? And how do Nathan and I begin to live out our true identity?
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| Monday morning worship at West Coast Christian Fellowship church |
It was something of an old epiphany that surfaced in
my bible study this week; at times I find my identity in the
pleasant/unpleasant illusions in who I’ve
created rather than who I am created to be in Christ. The Israelites turned to these
false illusions repeatedly as found in Isaiah 30 “they said to the seers, ‘See
no more visions’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions of what is
right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off
this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy one of Israel!’” How often do
I portray this attitude of the Israelites, irritated that God would care to interrupt
my plans! Isaiah 30 continues, “The Lord longs to be gracious to you, he rises
to show you compassions. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who
wait for him!” Even when we push God away he longs for us to know His loving
character, that we may embrace his compassion and walk as His chosen child. The disciple Peter wrote, “But you are
a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession,
that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light”. These God breathed words are affirmation that I am not an
orphan in darkness; I am Gods daughter, His precious creation.
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| Busy worker bee |
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| Hanging out after class! |
As DTS is just
barely two weeks underway, we’ve been blessed as sons and daughters of God to
pay witness to God in operation! He has miraculously provided housing for the
students, provided a Canadian visa for a student from Argentina in a day when
it should have taken weeks, shown the power of his Holy Spirit through the
sharing of testimonies, and begun a work in the hearts of the staff and
students alike. He pursues each one of us with His love and compassion and I
want to pursue waiting on Him for therein lies my true destiny.
The journey
continues...thank you for holding us up!
Jenny
