“I can’t go on the race because I’m way too scared. I can’t leave my family, my dogs, and my friends. I can’t give up the security of the comforts of home. I can’t do it.”
In the words of my wonderful team leader, Michelle, “Those are lies told by Satan.” The Devil is terrified about what God is going to do in our lives this next year and how He is going to us to change the lives of other people. Satan wants us to be afraid. He wants us to give into our fear. With less than a week left at home, I’m overwhelmed with the laundry list I have of things I still need to do. If I’m not careful, Satan lets that stress and anxiety creep up again.
Honestly, the only thing that keeps from completely losing it and running in the opposite direction, is my faith that Jesus Christ is holding me in his arms through everything. Every time Satan puts this fear in my head and I start to panic, God reminds me that He’s got this. He fills my heart with peace. As my Dad always says, “The safest place to be is the center of God’s will.” That’s why I’m filled with so much peace. I know this is what God is calling me to do, and I know God’s going to protect me during this trip. I know He’s going to use me to amazing things. I know He’s going to show me life-changing, unexplainable miracles. I know I’m going to grow spiritually and experience a deeper relationship with the Lord that I didn’t even know was possible. Most of all, I know I’m going to come back a changed woman of God with a transformed perspective.
There are only 4 days left in the United States. There are only 3 days left in my hometown where I grew up. But, let me tell you, I can’t wait. God’s not only filling me with peace about this trip, but changing my fear to joy. I know that I can do this.
I’m ready.
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