It was the summer before school started and by the grace of God, I was stepping into new roles in life. I’m not going to lie, it felt unreal that I would now be a leader with a ministry… I was not ready, nor did I know anything. Upon reflection, God calls us in our imperfect state and if our focus is on Him and the work He has called us to do, He would, through our obedience, work in us to make us more like Him.

Background

Here’s a little background on where I was in my relationship with God at this point. I got saved very early on in my life: I was born into a Christian family and have been in the community my whole life 🙂 It’s interesting because I had the exposure but I never really got past that stage in my relationship with God. The best way I can describe it is in the graph pictured below:

It was really up and then down and then all over the place and part of the reason was that I was afraid. I was afraid of the commitment and of disappointing God if I wasn’t His perfect child or I broke a promise or something that when it got to the point where I had to level up, I didn’t do it fully or was never fully committed. Then again, I was being held down by guilt from all the tiny and big sins I’d committed. If I lied or argued with someone, went to bed angry, or was disrespectful, that thought would hold me down after I calmed down that I would be so ashamed of going to God. However, thank God for His servants; I would somehow come across this verse: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8: 1), or even better go and Instagram and somehow see a clip of the part of the word of God or a sermon I need at that moment and that’s how I’m here today.

Here today

I’m here because God has allowed me thus far and He has a purpose for me to accomplish. I have no idea what it is at this point but I know it will be amazing! There is hope in Christ, for you and for me.

Today, I’m stepping into a new life and onto a different road going where God is leading me: into prayer and into worship, into ministry. Today I am moving into a new realm of spirituality and truthfully, I don’t know what to expect but I am going to be trusting God to lead the way and in a year, we’ll check back in to see where God took me.

For you:

Now that seemed really long and as I post this piece, I really do hope someone out there, maybe you reading this, is encouraged to grow as well. Let’s do this together: start from a point and resolve to follow God it won’t be easy at first but we’ll take it one day at a time!

Catch you later and I can’t wait to see you grow with me! Do you want to tell me about your journey? Comment down below!