I Will Go...

This blog post came to me at church this morning. It was just like every other Sunday Service: We come in, sang a few songs, listened to the message, sang another song, and then left for the day. But something in the message struck my heart and was just completely washed over me because of the very last song we sang. Steve Zarrilli, our old Middle School Pastor who is a unbelievable moving speaker, spoke this morning because our Senior Pastor is on vacation. He spoke about how as Christians we do not always show what we are taught. How the way we act can fog their idea of who God is or not show them who God is at all. He spoke about this from three different aspects of Judgment, Pride, and Hypocrisy. This message really didn't strike a chord in my heart until we sang the last song when it call came into understanding of what God was telling me. We sang "I Will Go" by Desperation Band which as I'm writing this post I am listening to. A specific quote from this song really hit me which is:

"You’re calling out, “who will go?”
I will go!
I will live the life.
I’ll give it all for Jesus Christ.
I’ll tell the world that You are God.
I will go."

When I was singing these lyrics with hundreds of others in my church I realized that God is speaking to me in a different way then everyone else in this room. God was telling me that I am starting a new part of my life and I can live it the way I choose. He wants me to go off to college and show this new world of mine that I love him. He doesn't want his name to be clouded with mine or anyone else's judgmental, prideful, or hypocritical nature. So as I go off to college I am preparing myself to "Go". I want God to "Give me wings so I can fly and Tell the world that you [he] is God"

"Here am I, here am I, I will give all that is mine.
Here am I, here am I, Jesus come and spend my life."

So for all who read this hold me accountable to this. Pray for me in my journey and that I will portray the love of God the way that I was made to. I know I've wanted to do this before and always fell away and I know this will be no easy task but hopefully this time I will have the courage to do what God has meant me to do.

This next portion is only if God has spoken to you to share. Either write something like this of what God or whatever you might believe in has shown you in the past few weeks, months, or years. Maybe you don't want to do that and you just want to need prayer in your own mission to spread the love of God please feel free to email me (link in the bar on the right). And if you are praying for me and would like to let me know please feel free to email me. I am here for anyone who may need some prayer, advice, or just someone to share the news of their own missions and adventures of sharing the Word of Christ.

God Bless,
Iris June

When the message I am Referring to is released online I will put a link to it here so you can listen and maybe be effected by the Words of Pastor Steve Zarrilli, the Pastor in charge of Leadership Development. I attend Woodside Bible Church of Troy.

"I Will Go" ©2007 Sony Music Entertainment