Hello everyone, I apologize for my posts being so far apart but I am just so busy here! This being true, I'm seeing God do a lot of amazing things all over the place. I've had the chance to continue to get to know people here on a deeper level which has been sweet and I've seen Christ move and work in my life. As some of you may know, the staff leave halfway through the summer to go to their staff conference in Colorado. This is what I will be talking about for this post.
About 5 weeks into project, the staff leaves. While this was sad because we love them so much, I hear it is when project really takes off. So, before the staff leave, all of the students are given different jobs. We have co-directors of the project, a leadership team, an outreach team, small group leaders, heritage team, and many others. The role that was assigned to me was the co-director of the community or Koinonia team. The job of this team is to encourage community within the project people through events. It's basically the most fun job because our job is to get people to have fun.
Now, I will share my initial reactions to this assignment and what I've learned from it. When I was first assigned this role, I was honestly pretty bummed. I was hoping to be in a "better" or "more spiritual" role. I thought that I was "more spiritual" than this team. However, this was the complete wrong attitude. That week we really focused on community and people's roles within the body of Christ. A key verse for me this week was 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, I would encourage you to read it. After hearing this passage, I realized how wrong my attitude was. We are all important to the body, whatever body we are a part of, whether that be a missions trip, a church, or just in general. God has given us all different strengths, weaknesses, and spiritual gifts to use to glorify His name.
We are all given certain strengths and weaknesses for a reason so we should make the best of what we have. Utilize our strengths and boast in our weakness because "[His] grace is sufficient for you, [His] power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9, part of it that is. Is there something holding you back from utilizing your strengths? What about boasting in weakness? Christ can use our weaknesses to be relatable to other believers or non-Christians. This can either build community or bring people to Christ. Again, what's holding you back from letting Christ use your weaknesses to advance his kindom? Anyway, that's all for now! There will be more to come in the future!
God Bless and Go Blue!
Tedd Sheets Jr.
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