{"id":1981,"date":"2018-02-23T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2018-02-26T18:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:32:54","slug":"his-plans-and-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2018\/02\/23\/his-plans-and-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"His Plans and Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"

For five generations, my family has been a part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. My dad is a fourth-generation minister in the denomination, and the IPHC is all I have known my entire life. I am thankful for the heritage and legacy that I have as being a part of the IPHC family. I grew up in a small town in the upstate of South Carolina. My dad was my pastor until he took the role of the Discipleship Ministries Director in our conference. He remained in this role for 16 years. I continuously saw God\u2019s faithfulness working in my parent\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

After graduating high school, I attended Emmanuel College. During my sophomore year at Emmanuel, my dad felt the Lord calling him to return to a pastoral position. My family moved to North Carolina, and I was not a fan at first. South Carolina was my home, and it felt as though everything I had ever known was swept right out from under my feet. That\u2019s the place in my life where everything \u201ccomfortable\u201d was taken away. \u00a0I now know that God had a purpose in that move and it was not just for my parents.<\/p>\n

The summer of my junior year in college I came to Oklahoma, where I had the privilege of being a part of The Awakening Summer Internship. During that summer, I traveled the world and encountered God like never before. I have always had a passion for missions, but that summer confirmed a call that the Lord has placed on my life. I learned that God did not call me to be comfortable. He called me to surrender my will for His and to follow His voice wherever He leads me.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to a month before college graduation. I had to make a huge decision. I had seen the Lord work miracles and move greatly in my family, but it was time for me to experience His faithfulness personally on a new level. I knew that if I moved back home, I would be comfortable and complacent. God had shown me that deep roots in one place only bear fruit in one place. I knew that was not my call and my purpose. God wanted me to take a step of faith and follow him into the unknown.<\/p>\n

I graduated with a degree in early childhood education. I have always loved children, and I think that is one of the main reasons I love missions. I have the opportunity to meet children from all over the world and show them the love of Jesus. It is my heart. I knew I wanted to continue to work with The Awakening in the summers so I applied for a first-grade teaching position at Oklahoma Christian School. I found out a month before graduation that I got the job! I was blown away by what the Lord was doing in my life. People did not understand and some still do not understand to this day. They would ask me questions like, \u201cWhy do you want to move halfway across the country and leave your family and friends?\u201d I knew this was what the Lord wanted me to do. It was not easy, but it was a time of closeness with the Lord. He revealed to me some of my heart\u2019s deepest dreams during this time.<\/p>\n

So here I am in Oklahoma, teaching first graders at an amazing school and working with the internship team of The Awakening. That is God\u2019s faithfulness. He puts things in our paths that may look like huge problems (like your family moving away from all you have ever known) just to show you how He works all things for our good and for His glory. I don\u2019t think I would have moved to Oklahoma if my parents had not been sensitive to the Holy Spirit leading them to North Carolina.<\/p>\n

My heart for this generation is for each person to capture a glimpse of the heart of Jesus. When you see the heart of Jesus, you can clearly see the passions, dreams, and gifts that He has placed within you. The God who made you is not going to hide His desires from you. He will make it plain. He will make it clear. When you know the heart of Jesus, you will love like Jesus. You will want your life to look like everything that He is. The journey will not be easy, but that is what makes it beautiful. Trusting God and his plan is the most beautiful act of faith that a person can do. Through this faith journey, I always cling to the story of Habakkuk. I love Habakkuk\u2019s honesty with the Lord. He was not afraid to be real. So often, I think we feel as though we must make our prayers pretty before God. God wants real. He knows our hearts already. Habakkuk brings his complaints before God and God answers him.<\/p>\n

Habakkuk 2:2-3 says, \u201cWrite the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end- it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.\u201d<\/p>\n

I encourage you to write your vision. Make your requests known to God. Run this race of faith and do not give up. A God that loves you so much is with you and He is waiting for you on the other side of every trial that you face. He will be faithful to you.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Kalie Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>For five generations, Kalie\u2019s family has been a part of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. After attending Emmanuel College and serving as an intern with The Awakening, Kalie is now teaching first grade at Oklahoma Christian School. Her parents, David and Traci Richardson, pastor Redland Church in North Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[520,1],"tags":[510,521,39,531],"class_list":{"0":"post-1981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allgenerations","8":"category-general","9":"tag-510","10":"tag-all-generations","11":"tag-february","12":"tag-kalie-richardson","13":"entry"},"title_es":"Sus planes y prop\u00f3sitos","content_es":"Durante cinco generaciones, mi familia ha sido parte de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal. Mi padre es un ministro de cuarta generaci\u00f3n en la denominaci\u00f3n, y el IPHC es todo lo que he conocido toda mi vida. Estoy agradecido por la herencia y el legado que tengo como parte de la familia de IPHC. Crec\u00ed en una peque\u00f1a ciudad en el norte del estado de Carolina del Sur. Mi pap\u00e1 fue mi pastor hasta que asumi\u00f3 el papel de Director de Ministerios de Discipulado en nuestra conferencia. \u00c9l permaneci\u00f3 en este papel durante 16 a\u00f1os. Constantemente vi la fidelidad de Dios trabajando en las vidas de mis padres. Despu\u00e9s de graduarme de la escuela secundaria, asist\u00ed a Emmanuel College. Durante mi segundo a\u00f1o en Emmanuel, mi padre sinti\u00f3 que el Se\u00f1or lo llamaba a regresar a una posici\u00f3n pastoral. Mi familia se mud\u00f3 a Carolina del Norte, y al principio no era fan. Carolina del Sur era mi hogar, y parec\u00eda como si todo lo que hab\u00eda conocido fuera barrido de mis pies. Ese es el lugar en mi vida donde todo lo \"c\u00f3modo\" fue quitado. Ahora s\u00e9 que Dios ten\u00eda un prop\u00f3sito en ese movimiento y que no era solo para mis padres. El verano de mi tercer a\u00f1o en la universidad llegu\u00e9 a Oklahoma, donde tuve el privilegio de ser parte de The Awakening Summer Internship. Durante ese verano, viaj\u00e9 por el mundo y me encontr\u00e9 con Dios como nunca antes. Siempre he tenido una pasi\u00f3n por las misiones, pero ese verano confirm\u00f3 un llamado que el Se\u00f1or ha puesto en mi vida. Aprend\u00ed que Dios no me llam\u00f3 para estar c\u00f3modo. \u00c9l me llam\u00f3 para rendir mi voluntad por la suya y seguir su voz donde sea que \u00c9l me gu\u00ede. Avance r\u00e1pido hasta un mes antes de graduarse de la universidad. Tuve que tomar una gran decisi\u00f3n. Hab\u00eda visto al Se\u00f1or hacer milagros y mover mucho a mi familia, pero era el momento para que yo experimente personalmente su fidelidad en un nuevo nivel. Sab\u00eda que si me mudaba a casa ser\u00eda c\u00f3modo y complaciente. Dios me hab\u00eda mostrado que las ra\u00edces profundas en un lugar solo dan fruto en un lugar. Sab\u00eda que esa no era mi decisi\u00f3n y mi prop\u00f3sito. Dios quer\u00eda que diera un paso de fe y lo siguiera en lo desconocido. Me gradu\u00e9 con un t\u00edtulo en educaci\u00f3n infantil temprana. Siempre me han gustado los ni\u00f1os, y creo que esa es una de las razones principales por las que amo las misiones. Tengo la oportunidad de conocer ni\u00f1os de todo el mundo y mostrarles el amor de Jes\u00fas. Es mi coraz\u00f3n Sab\u00eda que quer\u00eda seguir trabajando con The Awakening en los veranos, as\u00ed que solicit\u00e9 un puesto de docente de primer grado en Oklahoma Christian School. \u00a1Descubr\u00ed un mes antes de la graduaci\u00f3n que consegu\u00ed el trabajo! Me qued\u00e9 impresionado por lo que el Se\u00f1or estaba haciendo en mi vida. La gente no entendi\u00f3 y algunos todav\u00eda no entienden hasta el d\u00eda de hoy. Me hac\u00edan preguntas como: \"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 quieren trasladarse a la mitad del pa\u00eds y dejar a sus familiares y amigos?\". Sab\u00eda que esto era lo que el Se\u00f1or quer\u00eda que yo hiciera. No fue f\u00e1cil, pero fue un momento de cercan\u00eda con el Se\u00f1or. \u00c9l me revel\u00f3 algunos de los sue\u00f1os m\u00e1s profundos de mi coraz\u00f3n durante este tiempo. As\u00ed que aqu\u00ed estoy en Oklahoma, ense\u00f1ando a los alumnos de primer grado en una escuela incre\u00edble y trabajando con el equipo de pr\u00e1cticas de The Awakening. Esa es la fidelidad de Dios. Pone las cosas en nuestro camino que pueden parecer grandes problemas (como que su familia se aleje de todo lo que siempre ha conocido) solo para mostrarle c\u00f3mo trabaja todas las cosas para nuestro bien y para su gloria. No creo que me hubiera mudado a Oklahoma si mis padres no hubieran sido sensibles al Esp\u00edritu Santo que los llev\u00f3 a Carolina del Norte. Mi coraz\u00f3n para esta generaci\u00f3n es que cada persona capture una visi\u00f3n del coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas. Cuando ves el coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, puedes ver claramente las pasiones, los sue\u00f1os y los dones que \u00c9l ha puesto dentro de ti. El Dios que te hizo no esconder\u00e1 Sus deseos de ti. \u00c9l lo aclarar\u00e1. \u00c9l lo dejar\u00e1 en claro. Cuando conozcas el coraz\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas, amar\u00e1s como Jes\u00fas. Querr\u00e1s que tu vida se parezca a todo lo que \u00c9l es. El viaje no ser\u00e1 f\u00e1cil, pero eso es lo que lo hace bello. Confiar en Dios y su plan es el acto de fe m\u00e1s hermoso que una persona puede hacer. A trav\u00e9s de este viaje de fe, siempre me aferro a la historia de Habacuc. Amo la honestidad de Habacuc con el Se\u00f1or. \u00c9l no ten\u00eda miedo de ser real. Muy a menudo, creo que sentimos que debemos hacer que nuestras oraciones sean bonitas ante Dios. Dios quiere real. \u00c9l conoce nuestros corazones ya. Habacuc trae sus quejas ante Dios y Dios le responde. Habacuc 2: 2-3 dice: \"Escribe la visi\u00f3n; aclararlo en tabletas, para que pueda correr quien lo lea. Porque a\u00fan la visi\u00f3n espera su tiempo se\u00f1alado; acelera hasta el final, no mentir\u00e1. Si parece lento, aguarde; seguramente vendr\u00e1; no se demorar\u00e1 \". Los animo a que escriban su visi\u00f3n. Haz que tus peticiones sean conocidas por Dios. Ejecuta esta carrera de fe y no te rindas. Un Dios que te ama tanto est\u00e1 contigo y te est\u00e1 esperando al otro lado de cada prueba que enfrentes. \u00c9l ser\u00e1 fiel a ti. Por Kalie Richardson<\/strong> \"\"<\/a> Durante cinco generaciones, la familia de Kalie ha sido parte de la Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal. Despu\u00e9s de asistir a Emmanuel College y servir como pasante en The Awakening, Kalie ahora ense\u00f1a primer grado en Oklahoma Christian School. 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