Friday, February 29, 2008
God is so real.
I dont know where to start but I have a feeling my fingers are just going to start freely typing and not stop. It has been an incredible night and God really took me out of a pit I had buried myself in earlier tonight and brought me back to my feet.
All week I had been looking forawrd to going to Blue Sky, the uni fellowship at my church here. I was so excited about meeting new people and being part of a new Chrstian family here in Sydney. For some reason however, at about 5 this afternoon, about an hour and a half before BLue Sky started I began to have cold feet. It was all planned out, I'd meet my brother after he finished uni and then we'd go together to Blue Sky. I messaged him but no reply...i called him..no answer. It wasnt long before I realised he had left his phone at home. So I had no idea where to meet him or what time and I was brought to a realisation that I'd walk into Blue Sky tonight and no..NO ONE coz my cousin wasn't going tonight. I panicked and all of a sudden, for the first time in my 2 and a half weeks here I felt a million miles away from home and all sense of familiarity. More than ever I missed my church friends and right then and there I asked myself, why the heck am I in Sydney? It was at that moment I realised I have no church friends here and I just wanted to be with my church family back in Melbourne again. So I told my parents, "I'm not going tonight...I don't know anybody there, I dont know whether Barny is going to be there. I'm not going." It's funny how God works though.
My parents convinced me to just go and have a look and if I dont want to stay than at least just go and pass barny's phone to him.
I arrived there, looked around, no brother. Everyone was in their own little cliques and again I asked myself what I was doing there in the first place. But it was God's will for me to be there tonight, and nothing was going to stop that.
Having just come back, I don't really know how to describe i in words but I feel God's presence and I dont know what to say. I met so many people tonight. BLue Sky consists of about 75 people, don't think everyone was there tonight but of all the people who were there, I think i met most of them. My first impression of Blue Sky: they're some of the most, real, genuine, passionate bunch of Christians I have met and I know that's a big call.
This post is going to be a little bit all over the place, I'm, sorry. So..we had a time of worship and they're just a great bunch of people to worship with. The pastor for Blue Sky then came up to share with us and I have met this guy numerous times before and everytime I meet him or hear him preach, I am just left in awe by his passion for God and His ministry. It was during the pastor's message tonight that I began to feel God speaking to me. The message was about God's presence in 2008. The pastor began to talk about Blue Sky's vision for this year and I was just blown away when I heard about the work Blue Sky has been doing/are going to do through the group STudent Life in universities across Sydney (and Melbourne) and the work they have been doing in other ministries around Sydney. I have always been interested to know how to evangelise to our neighbourhood communities, to the people around us and it was so exciting to know how passionate Blue Sky is about the young people of Sydney and I feel so excited to be a part of it. The pastor urged us to desire and hunger for God for it is deep passion that is going to see these visions achieved. We were then given 15 minutes to pray. we could pray by ourselves, we could pray in groups, it didn't matter how we did it but it was our time out to spend with God. I prayed with the girl beside me. She's quite a lot older than me, she's finished uni and working. We shared with each other our prayer points before she prayed for me. While she prayed for me, she began to cry and I don't know how to explain but at that moment, I felt God right there and when I began to pray I felt like God was giving me the words to say and it was like, discovering a new edge to praying. After our little prayer session, it was time to mingle. My brother began introducing me to everyone and I was so touched by how genuinely compassionate these people were. It was so much more than, "hi, my name is........nice to meet you" *walks away* It didn't take long before i was having conversations about what the Lord has been doing and with so many conversations people asked me, "what do you expect God to do in your life this year?" and "what ministry are you involved in?" These people are so passionate about ministry and it's just overwhelming. Not to mention, on top of their passion for God, they're funny and just great people all round and it wasn't long before I felt like I had known these people for a long time. I also met the worship team today and now I'm a part of Blue Sky worship team =) but i said i didn't want to start straight away, maybe in a few months so i'm excited! they're great people =)
SO more than ever now, I know this is where God wants me to be. He has brought a whole bunch of new people into my life and though I can hardly remember all their names, and there is still so much to get to know about these people, I know God has brought me to the right place. Now after talking to some amazing people tonight, I am convinced that God has great plans for me and I know without a doubt that 2008 is going to be a life changing year and with the message: "experiencing God's presence in 2008", I can't wait to go to uni and get involved in student life and I can't wait to go to church and Blue sky and i can't wait to see God working through my life, through the life of Blue Sky and through the lives of people we are going to meet along the way.
Through my many conversations I have had tonight, there were 4 words that kept popping up: "God is so real." and I agree. God is so real.
To all you Melbourne guys, God bless you. I love you all so much and I'm keeping you in my prayers always. Keep that passion for God burning =)
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