I’ve placed God in a box. In the past, I’ve limited what He could do in my life. God is so much bigger than the constraints we try to place around Him. Part of why I have put him in a box is because I make too many assumptions.
Assumption #1 – I’m too old. It’s too late.
I almost missed God’s calling to go on this trip because I assumed it was too late for me. I thought it would have been a nice thing to do in college or something. I assumed that it was time to focus on my career. I mean who just quits a great job?
Assumption #2 – If something doesn’t work the first time, God’s answer is no.
When we were in Moldova we needed to get out money for travel expenses, etc and I had gone to the ATM multiple times to try and withdraw some cash but my card kept getting declined. I almost gave up thinking God’s answer was no and that we were to just work with what we had. We prayed about it again and the next day I was able to withdraw some money. We were able to bless our contact with some money to help him buy another house for the Rehabilitation center. Sometimes God’s timing isn’t our timing and He has something to teach us in the waiting process.
Here are two other assumptions:
90yr old women don’t have babies. Meet Sarah (Genesis 15).
Virgin girls don’t get pregnant. Meet Mary (Luke 1).
“Faith is not logical. But it isn’t illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation. Faith is not mindless ignorance; it simply refuses to limit God to the logical constraints of the left brain.”
Mark Batterson, Wild Goose Chase
“Logic questions God. Faith questions assumptions. And at the end of the day, faith is trusting God more than you trust your own assumptions.”
Mark Batterson, Wild Goose Chase
We landed in Belgrade, Serbia last Sunday (Sep. 27th) where I had the opportunity to trust God and throw out my assumptions. I have seen how God is bigger than the box I have confined Him to. Let me explain, we boarded an overnight train to Serbia not knowing where we were going to sleep the next night, or if there would even be one believer that we would meet. The World Race has never been to Serbia. We knew no one, but we were sent as representatives to learn the culture, to see how God is moving in Belgrade, and to find contacts and ministry opportunities that we could partner with and send future racers to serve. I have learned not to worry about tomorrow, I saw how God provided for us daily. We found a hostel that was a little 
more than we could afford – the owner lowered the price. My teammate, Andrea, googled “Ministries in Serbia” and somehow (divine appointment!) we got in contact with a man who could connect us to almost all the pastors and ministry opportunities in Belgrade. The first night we met him we found ourselves outside of a McDonald’s piling into a tiny car headed to a prayer meeting. Before we knew what was happening we were meeting a group of believers that really have a heart for Serbia and want to be a catalyst to change. The people of Serbia have been through so much. Each generation has experienced at least one war. There are still buildings here that have destruction from bombings. The people are hungry and searching 
but they don’t know for what. Within a couple of days we not only learned the history of a forgotten country, but also had a list of people who we could partner with and together bring a revival to this city. 
