Depending on whether you're just meeting me through this blog or you've been apart of my journey for awhile, some of you will know that I am not a first-timer to preparing to go on the World Race. In fact, I was set out originally to leave last September and I ended up cancelling for a handful of reasons. Mostly because of wise counsel that had been brought to my attention and at that time and honestly, I had resonated with that counsel in my mind.
But recently, the Lord began talking to me all about how it went down and the decision I made. I felt the Lord whisper into my heart that, He loved how eager I was to listen to counsel but that what I forgot to do was compare it against what He originally told me.
And since the very beginning, He has told me to go. And He hasn't stopped. He hasn't stopped calling me to rise and to go.
So honestly with a massive amount of humility, that's what I am doing. I am rising up and preparing to go.
The Lord has been talking to me so much about courage, about not getting my identity from what I do or the decisions I make but getting it from His lips and about being willing to follow His voice even when it isn't echoed by the crowds around me. That it is okay to come out and be separate. That it's a good thing to be consumed by His voice.
And that learning to abandon and to trust is the safest thing we can do.
I want to invite you to take this journey with me as I head out to these eleven nations. Pray. Give. Get involved. Just chat with me about it. I want you to come with me. I believe the Lord is going to do insane things and that He is going to blow up our boxes and our lines that we lay upon in every single way.
September, here we come!
