Travel days are arguably the longest days of the race. Starved of sleep, food, and personal space for undetermined amounts of hours..even days…can leave us tempted to act a little less like Jesus and little more like bears coming out of hibernation, groggy and fiercely taken over by hunger and impatience.
But honestly travel days are my absolute favorite. They are the days that I am most overcome by gratitude, disbelief, praise, and humility.
Today I started my day in Pretoria, South Africa, after parting ways with over 200 other kingdom minded friends. Then I flew 10 hours across the sea and landed in Singapore. Where I get to spend 12 hours exploring one of the coolest airports possible in the world. They have sunflower field on the roof of terminal 2, I mean come on. And tonight I get on another plane to Cambodia, one of the most cultural beautiful places, where I get to do life for the next 3 months.
Gosh. God is good. He is passionate and kind. He’s brave, daring, and far more adventurous than I could ever hope to be. He’s fearless in love, and bold in His mission.
And when He made me, He deposited those very qualities into my blood. And everyday He extends me the wildest invitation to join Him in exploring the depths of people and places with the single pursuit to love.
As I sit in the Singapore airport, feasting on the spiciest noodles, watching the sun rise as planes take off, sharing stories of God’s abundant faithfulness with racers, and exploring sunflower fields, I almost disbelieve it’s all real. But I know it is all real because my God is alive. I am brought to my knees in humility that He continues to choose me everyday for this. I’ll never not be humbled at the reality that He trusts me with His work. That’s just crazy.
My prayer for you today, is that you’d experience the glorious riches and abundant joy that there is in partnering with the Father in your everyday life.
I pray that your days consistent of face to face encounters with the almighty Himself. That your days would be marked by supernatural love. That miracles would be the normalcy. I pray that your life would be Holy Spirit empowered and that no day would pass as mediocre.
Set your standards high friends. Because you and I belong to a holy holy God, and He has set us apart.
