The Center

I want to know how it feels to be

Standing in the center of Your will for me

I want to know what surrender means

Keep me in the center of Your will for me

                -The Center (Matthew West)

Welcome to the wonderfully chaotic learning experience that is the next chapter of my life.  Hannah Crabtree – Abel Hall Resident Assistant.  This means it is a huge treat to get five un-interrupted hours of sleep, eating takes the back seat to making posters, and that my life is more about putting others first than ever.  

How many times have I said to myself and to the incredible people on my staff since I got her how amazed I am at where God has put me and how all these pieces have come together so perfectly. It feels like I took a huge risk and leaped out of my comfort zone so completely into a free-fall of trust and it was to be put here on the fourth floor of Abel Hall with 81 residents and a fantastic floor partner.  

This is a call to anyone who reads this – it is a challenge.  There’s nothing like being in the center of God’s will for you. The thing is? You don’t know what it is. You have to let go and trust that God is going to put you there. Yes, it will probably be scary – the unknown often is. Yes, it may be uncomfortable. Most learning experiences are.  But don’t waste your life.  God has a call, a plan, a purpose for you. Don’t spend your life running away from it. Pray for your eyes, your heart, your mind to be opened to what is going on around you.

You don’t think you can do anything?

Get down on your knees right now and pray. God has given you specific gifts and talents for reaching others in His name. I urge you, as a fellow sinner, someone who has spent so much time wasting what God has blessed me with and has no right to judge your past or present actions, let alone be the one to speak to you about this, but don’t let your gifts go to waste.

Be willing.

Be strong.

Be courageous. 

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9