Why am I here?
Travel?
Adventure?
Social Justice?
Study different cultures?
Vacation?
Escape?
Boredom?
Well friends, over the last few days I have been thinking about why I am travelling around the world. What is my purpose and why did I choose to come on this crazy adventure? I am SO thankful that I am here doing this, but what is ‘this’ and why did I choose to do ‘this’?
The last two months have had a focus on who we are. With my team I have really opened up and been honest about my life which has totally changed my life and how I view myself. Now that I have been honest with God and honest with others (for the first time) God has been working in me.
Now, why am I here? While opening up with others I have seen parts of myself that I really like and also parts of my life that I need and want to change. God has convicted me about a few things. The main thing He has brought up is my lack of honesty in relationships with others. I don’t think all of you know why I am travelling around the world. I don’t even think I knew why I was coming on the World Race until now. I simply knew I was supposed to go but I didn’t really know why.
I am here to love others as Jesus did on earth and to tell others about Jesus and the hope we can have in Him. So what does that mean? I believe in God and that He sent His perfect son, Jesus, on earth who then died on a cross to take all of our sins. Any sin that I have in my life is now wiped away because of Jesus. God sees us as perfect because all our sins were taken away when Jesus died on earth. I know this, but the problem is…not everyone else does. Not all of my friends at home know this, not all of my family knows this and not all of the people I have met know this. That’s a big deal. I believe that God wants to use me to tell others about Him but I haven’t always been open to do so.
My initial ‘go to’ would be to feel guilty and upset that I hadn’t been telling everyone in my life. I normally would feel this overwhelming sense of disappointment in myself and then shut down and ignore God’s plan for me in the future. I’ve now come to the realization that feeling guilty is not from God. Guilt is a trick from Satan which I have fallen into many times in my life.
What I need to do now is leave the past to God and continue on and be aware of each opportunity He has placed in my life. This blog is my next opportunity, my next step.
This blog is for those who I have not told about the Truth. This blog is for those who do not know Jesus. This blog is for those who I have failed, until now, to tell about the One who has created me, saved me and loves me. I want everyone to know and have the love and freedom that I have in God.
I pray that God will work in your lives as He is working in mine. I am on the World Race to show others what He has done in my life and what He can do in the lives of others. God has already been using me to love orphans, feed the hungry, help the needy and serve Christians to continue God’s work in their lives.
It’s not up to me to change peoples’ hearts, God will handle that, but it is up to me to love as He loves and share with others what God is doing in my life.
