So I’m sure you’ve all been wondering why I decided to go away from home. Why I decided to be away from family. Why I chose to go overseas and bring the love of Jesus.
Why did I do it?
Here is my answer:
At the time, I had no idea why!
I had no specific reason why I decided to come and do this trip. I had many minor reasons, but had no idea why I wanted to do it. I just did.
The reason why is that I, was at the time called by God. But I had no idea. I knew I wanted something, but I wasn’t sure why.
I’m sure we all have these moments.
When we want something, or are drawn to something but we cannot explain why. When we have an idea in our heads of what we want, but have this unshakeable pull in a different direction.
If this is you, then I have some fantastic news for you. God may be speaking to you.
Keyword: May.
You see, if we have these moments, it could very well be God speaking to us. Or it could be our minds deceiving us.
When I say these “moments”, I’m not necessarily saying that if you’re at the store, and you feel like you should buy peanut butter that God is telling you “Buy the peanut butter.”
He very well could be, but that is something that we need to become good at:
Discernment.
To know when God is actually speaking to us, and when our minds are trying to trick us.
When I felt drawn to this trip, I told my parents that I wanted to go. But I also told them that I didn’t really know why. Maybe for travel, maybe for ministry, but I didn’t actually know.
Up to that point, I had no desire to travel the world. Or to be on a missions trip.
I thought I had to be enrolled in College or University. Like everyone else.
I thought I had to have a plan for my life. I needed to know who I was going to marry, how many kids I would have, what my profession would be.
That was my mind tricking me.
God had bigger plans.
I still am training myself to hear Gods voice, and to know what he wants of me, but I struggle.
We all do.
I know people who are miserable, and have no drive in their life. I know people that are given opportunities of a lifetime, but don’t take them because they brushed off the voice of God without realizing it.
When we are given these opportunities from God, when we feel that tug in a different direction, we are forced to take a leap of faith.
But often times, we don’t jump.
Look back: How many times have you felt this unusual pull in your life, but didn’t go through with it because it was too crazy? Or because it would have changed your life?
Let’s just think for a moment, and say you did go through with those decisions, where would you be now?
Maybe that crazy, would have turned out to be crazy awesome! Or maybe that change in your life, would have been an amazing change for the better!
Let me say this bluntly.
If you are a Christian, or not, you are called to something better.
When I first came on this trip I had no idea what I was doing. I had no end goal in mind. I was simply taking a leap of faith.
I can honestly say, It has been the best decision of my life.
I don’t know where I would be if I hadn’t made the crazy decision to come on the Race.
But I know one thing:
From now on, I will never ignore that pull, that tug, that voice, that calls me to something greater.
And as a Christian, I know that voice is God’s voice.
One HUGE thing I have learned so far by bing on the Race is that I am always home. Wherever I am. I am always home.
They say that home is where the heart is. This is true.
What they don’t say is that God is everywhere, and that when you give your heart to him, your home is everywhere.
I give you this challenge, listen.
Listen for God’s voice, and drop everything and run to him.
It will change your life, and teach you new things everyday.
This is what I learned:
“Home is where the heart is,
And that is because God is with me wherever I go.”
