1000 miles down and 800 more to go. It's been a crazy past few days for A Life Set Apart... The journey has been pretty amazing for both the band and myself over only a week's time. Last week, only days before leaving for the longest tour we've done, we had some unexpected news that meant that we'd have a blank spot of almost a month in the middle of our tour on the east coast. This immediately made all of us worry... we had shows to play for the first week of the tour and we had to be in Nashville for an amazing event that would open up a lot of opportunities, but as of right now we have relatively nothing planned for the following four weeks after Nashville. We found ourselves at a crossroads, on one hand the rational side said to cancel the first part of the tour and send one or two people to the meetings in Nashville and on the other hand we could just leave like scheduled and pray for the best. As we thought about it my opinion became very clear, God reached down and touched me with peace and resolve and i knew that i wanted to leave into the unknown and let God direct our moves. Later that night we had a band meeting to discuss it and after some discussion the band was in agreement.
God will provide for us.
We're still driving into the unknown, but what do we have to be afraid of? We are the tools of the one and only God! The creator of the heavens and earth. The same God who used a staff in the hands of Moses to part an entire sea and allow two million people to pass through it unharmed. I'm so overwhelmed with how capable God is. We have no idea what's ahead and we know that it could very well be the desert or it could be the promise land, but that one fact remains. God will provide. And how could we ask for anything more.
I have never felt peace like I do right now. I'm looking out the front window of the van at the freeway and I know that somewhere ahead of us is a purpose. He's out there and He's guiding us to people in need. God is so amazing, I'm in awe of the things that he's allowed me to be apart of and the next four months will be such an experience. I'm excited to see my life changed, the lives of people around me effected by his presence. I'm sure there will be some failures, like loosing my temper or losing sight of the goal from time to time, but the amazing thing is that God is still going to use this time. I think the lesson that I've learned from the past week is that sometimes you have to jump into the water, even if you don't know where you're swimming, you're going "somewhere" and God knows exactly where that is!!!
In all this uncertainty God provides awesome opportunities and signs of his awesome plan for us! Even as I'm writing this we just heard our song on Effect Radio for the first time, a christian station that reaches all across the nation! We're so excited to see where God leads us next and I'd just like to ask for your prayer as we head into the high water! Please add us on Facebook and stay in contact with us! We love you all very much and couldn't do this without all the prayer and support you've given us :)
If you're reading this and you feel like God has left you out of his plan or you can't see where God even is in your life I want to encourage you. I've felt lost so much in my life! and still do from time to time. but i can tell you without a doubt that God loves you so much. Every life in this world is significant, not a single person goes unnoticed in Gods eyes. If you'd like to talk about anything you're struggling with you can talk to me at www.facebook.com/derek.reaves and if you don't want to talk about it but you just want some prayer I strongly encourage you to check our www.mybrockenpalace.com this website is amazing and allows you to post your needs and prayers anonymously to a wall for people to pray over!
I love you all so much and most importantly God loves you.
