In the Whispers...

It has been a crazy awesome week.

This week our topic was God's Character and Nature/Father Heart. We had Chris and Jill Twinn speak this week. They are YWAM lifers and have travelled all over the world speaking. Chris has been pastoring a church in Brisbane for the last 14 years.

I am not really sure how to tie it all in so I am just going to point out some of the highlights.

• The Earth is groaning for a Revealing of the Son of God. There are currently more people alive today than have died in history. We have been called and placed in this generation to be a part of that.
• Jesus was FULLY man. I have read this a hundred times but have never grabbed how amazing this is. Christ was every bit of a mortal man as me. He was flesh and blood. It wasn't until He was baptized in the Holy Spirit that Christ started doing miracles. He did nothing apart from the Father. He did nothing apart from the Spirit. That same Spirit that was on Christ now lives in us, and we have the ability and call to do greater things than He. HOW FREAKING CRAZY IS THAT???
• The Tree in the Garden was not an opportunity for Sin, but an opportunity for love and worship.
• The letters of the word LORD in Hebrew means Eye Nail Eye Hand (read right to left). It can also be said as behold the hand, behold the nail. The crucifixion was written in the name of God.
• The only reason to renew your mind is so your mind stops arguing with your spirit
• Jesus didn't just carry sin, He became sin. Again, I have read this a hundred times, but never realized what it meant.
• God is Love.
• The quickest way to step into the Spirit is to step into Love
• You cannot know Love without knowing God. 1 John 4:7
• The immediate action of Love is to give. Love never takes.

Those are just some points from the week, its not even all of it. It often felt like I was drinking through a fire house, but it was all so freaking good. You have no idea. Not sure if I will lay out talking points like this moving forward, but I just wanted to give you a glimpse of the stuff we are learning.

Revelation:

God speaks even in the stillness. Sometimes He does calm the storm or move mountains. But often He simply whispers. This week He whispered to my spirit - "My ability to be good is not greater than God's ability to love me."

After this week's lecture, we were given an opportunity to respond. I earnestly sought to see or hear something. Something more than an emotional appeal, but a movement of the Spirit.

I was given a vision of Psalm 36:4. I grabbed the nearest Bible and found that it wasn't so much the verse, but the context. David speaks about not properly fearing God. In doing so, he doesn't recognize sin for what it is. In fact, he minimizes it.

That really spoke to me. I spent most of my life trying to be "good". To be recognized as put together. And if I didn't appear "good", I would change something to compensate for it. It was almost as if my ability to be "good" covered up my dirtiness. 

I did not clearly recognize God as God. I did not recognize His ability to Love me beyond my ability to be "good".

God is so good and even speaks in the whispers.

So yeah, it has been a whirlwind of a week.

Its been in the 90s most days and humid. I actually miss the cold (no joke).

We also found out our outreach locations this week. There was a lot of anticipation in this, as it kind of directs the rest of your DTS. And my team and I are going to INDIA AND NEPAL!!!!

Sorry if it seems all over the place. I just don't know how to accurately share with you all that is happening. But I do appreciate the thoughts and prayers that you all have shown. I honestly would not be here without all of your support.

Please feel free to get in touch. Would love to hear about life back home.

YWAM DTS

c/o Zach Jaszczak

PO Box 5633

Maroochydore, BC, QLD

4558 Australia

zacharyj17@gmail.com

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Prayer Requests:

• That I would continue to find my identity in Christ
• That I would believe that God loves me more than my ability to be good
• That I would desire and seek time with Him
• That relationships would continue to grow
• India/Nepal

Cheers,

Zach

 My Outreach Location

 Sunrise first week. 10 min walk from our house.

 Obviously me trying to be cool

Alex Headlands beach. Our main location to catch some waves and sun.

P.S. I legitimately meant to take more pictures, but I forgot when I left the house this morning. And I forgot during the week.

I'll try harder next week.