The moment was finally here:
“Why do you want to go on the World Race?”
I can remember when I first began the World Race application. A year of praying and seeking God about the plans He had for my life were finally coming to pass. But in the midst of this life-changing step, I found myself struggling to answer this one simple question. If I had been asked this same question a year ago, my immediate response would have been “to change people’s lives” but the more I contemplated my answer, the more I realized … I needed the World Race to change my life.
Immediate guilt washed over me. How could I start this journey off with such a selfish answer? How could I make the World Race about me?
Then I grasped the concept of my answer…I had become comfortable.
Complacency. Never in my life had I experienced complete and full abandonment. I had this relationship with God where I was only okay with Him asking me to do things that were inside of my comfort zone. But as I stayed in this place in my faith, I began to wonder – what was I truly sacrificing for the Kingdom of God? The thought of Him calling me away from this comfortable place terrified me.
But was there a sacrifice that would be too much for the one who laid down His life for me?
No.
Would packing up eleven months of my life and leaving my family and friends be too much of a sacrifice?
No.
Would washing the feet of orphaned children, who have never received a pair of shoes, be too much of a sacrifice?
No.
Could I look into a young girl’s eyes, who has gone through more than most do in a lifetime, and tell her she is valued in God’s eyes? Would that be too much of a sacrifice?
No.
I realized that I could no longer let the dreams and visions God has placed in my heart sit idly on the shelf of my life because I refuse to step out into the unknown. No longer would I be a slave to fear and afraid to sacrifice everything for my Lord and Savior. The people and experiences that I know God will place in my life through the World Race will only build and edify my relationship with Him, in turn, helping me share His love with the world.
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