Releasing Leaders. Surrender to a higher purpose. Mongolia.

I’m back in Australia almost four weeks now. Many things happened. Too many to go in depth with all of them, so I will focus on a few outstanding events over the past month.

 

The video above is summarizing really well what YWAM as a whole is about. This is the organization that I’ve been working with over the past year and that I will be working with for the next year and a bit. The vision that we are carrying as a base, the reason why we do what we do is summarized in this statement: “To challenge the status quo by raising and releasing transformational leaders”.
We strongly believe that every person that comes to this place has the ability to change the world and us as staff have the opportunity to walk alongside these people and see God form them into the “transformational leaders” they are made to be. It is the most beautiful thing to see young radical leaders stepping into the calling and purpose of their lives. Set free to be themselves. Not afraid. Never giving up. And driven by the simple purpose of “knowing God and making Him known”.

 

The same thing that we are carrying as a base God has been personally showing to me over the past week. For this to make sense I will have to go back a bit to what God has been doing in me over a longer period of time: A huge Fear, for me, was seeing myself as not good enough or not being as good as others. An insecurity. It was hard for me to accept other people gifts when I see they are better than I. Stupid comparison.

Anyway. This is what God showed me: He created us as a body for a higher purpose than I could ever hope for. We are called to bring a new kingdom to this world. Freedom. Light. Healing. Functioning as a body. Not in comparison but in celebrating others success because it is not about me. It never was. I know hope that others get much further than I can. That I can help them to get further than myself. Because I want to see the light of Jesus shine over the whole planet. This is an impossible purpose for just one person. We as the body corporately reflect Gods light to the world. So what help is it if I fear others God given abilities to reflect Him. I don’t have to be afraid to see other succeed more than I do. Instead I try my best to see them getting way better at everything than I am. Championing them to become more than I ever was. And to finish that thought, Jesus did the same: “Surely, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father.” John 14:12

 

Lastly, in around ten weeks Darby (from Alaska) and I are going to lead a team to northern Mongolia. It is an exciting step of faith for us since no one from our base ever took a team there :D!

  


Rob, our base director sharing on the history of
YWAM  Sunshine Coast

 


One of the students sharing a devotion on
 the servant hood of Christ



 



Smart Shirt Tuesday with the boys