“A prayer for spiritual revival:
Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst For the waters of life; Having fallen in love with life, We have ceased to dream of eternity And in our efforts to build a new earth, We have allowed our vision Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, To venture on wilder seas Where storms will show Your mastery; Where losing sight of land, We shall find the stars.
We ask you to push back The horizons of our hopes; And to push back the future In strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain, Who is Jesus Christ.”
-Sir Francis Drake
I have been content with my life. I have been blessed with a great family, friends, and good circumstances. There is no reason for me to be complaining about anything or thinking how my life could be different, but I have been realizing just being content with life is not enough; walking aimlessly through the routinized days was not something I wanted nor did God want for me. Sir Francis Drake was right, our dreams are not big enough; we stay on the land, where we are comforted and content, when we should be at sea, experiencing God’s plan for our lives.
This reminds me of when I felt God’s pull telling me to take a step of faith, a step that would take me out of my comfort zone and into his everlasting grace and joy. That step of faith was applying for the World Race. I first found the website of the World Race in September of last year, which was months ago. I did not sign up right away out of fear of the whole thing, fear of being gone so long, fear of fundraising, fear of rejection. After finally applying months later and being accepted, I have been put into what feel like tidal waves of rushing water, feeling very overwhelmed. But amongst all the chaos, I feel so connected with the Lord, almost like He is telling me, “finally you took your step of faith, now I can lead the way for you.” I feel as this is only scratching the surface of what God’s earth has to offer. I hope that we all break away from the status quo and dream bigger because we were created for a purpose. Lets not be content with life, always traveling along the shoreline never to experience what is out at sea because what God has to offer is way more than you or I could ever imagine.
