Last year during Summer Internship I struggled with a lot of negative thoughts. Some of those included voices in my mind convincing me that I was insignificant and that what I had to offer was very minimal compared to what my American friends had to bring to the table. And because I allowed those thoughts to have power over me, I slid into a passive state. I lost all motivation to participate and be active in most of the projects we were doing.
However, this year during the SLAM leadership conference at Green Valley, Mr. Garner did a couple of sermons on Ephesians 2:14-21, where he reminded us that Christ has made us one and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility.
And for me, this compelled me to reflect on all sorts of barriers like race, differences in culture, perceived differences in intellect and status that I was allowing to create a divide and also to suppress the voice of God when indeed it’s the only voice I should’ve been listening to.
As I came into a better understanding of what it means to be part of a body that’s been built up through the word of God to become one, I felt an overwhelming peace and liberation at the end of the leadership conference.
I was reminded that I have a vital role to play in the body and that Christ is unifying all of us in a way that we can lift each other up and serve diligently. And this unity connected to faith and an understanding of who Jesus is is something that no deceptive thought can take away. Before we left to go to the EA Hub in Kabonge, I got to sit with some of my friends and I shared this testimony with them and in that moment as they encouraged me, I looked around and saw the face of God shining upon me and his word coming alive in the fellowship we were having.