global freedom

Tonight I got the privileged to attend a special event at my church. It was called a spotlight dessert which is a fancy way of putting together a night to talk about giving to the capital campaign at my church. However, this is like no other capital campaign I have ever seen.

The campaign is called Global Freedom: Empowering Tomorrow's Generation Today. It's really an amazing vision and I am so excited to be apart of it. The idea is that our church is called to something great. We are going off of Acts 1:8 where Jesus says to the leaders of the early church at his ascension into heaven to go be his witness in Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the Earth. For my church we are breaking up this campaign into 3 phases.

Judea: Our local church. Building projects on sight to increase our home church ministry.

Samaria: Our community. Partnering with existing ministries in impacting the people throughout our community.

The Ends of the World: Specifically for my church this is India. We believe that we have been called to eradicate the caste system there and free an entire people group, the Dalits.

This spotlight event however was very moving for me. It was a time to hear about the vision in a very media driven way. But it was very personal as well. Personal stories were shared about the vision and how financially supporting the campaign would impact lives for the Kingdom of God.

As a college student and an intern at the church I don't have that much money rolling around for me to put towards a capital campaign. But the beauty of this whole Global Freedom Movement is that I believe it to be necessary. Necessary to act, to be apart of, to sacrifice, and to trust.

Yesterday I was writing curriculum for some elementary age students on the story of Moses. It was about how he had to trust in God to help him lead the Israelites out of Egypt and towards the promised land. As I got to the end of the lesson and started hitting on some application points I asked the kids if they could trust God. I then started piecing together in my head, that just like Moses, my church is trying to free a people group.

I got some goosebumps then, but tonight at the spotlight dinner the story of Moses was brought up again. I feel like God is calling me to be apart of another story of Moses. I don't know what it's going to look like or how I can possibly be financially involved in this, but I am going to trust God to make it work.

God places opportunities in our life for a reason. Global Freedom is an opportunity for me to be apart of what God wants to do in the world, but more importantly it allows God to do something in my heart. God doesn't force his way into my heart, he allows me the opportunity to meet him and grow by experiencing his will.

Global Freedom is his will for my church and for me personally. I am getting on board with the expectation for great things, both in my life and in the world.