I’m used to being comfortable. I like my “things”. I enjoy going out and doing things with my friends like eating out or shopping for oversized sweaters (I’m kind of obsessed). This lifestyle of all me, all the time was working for me; or so I thought. That was, until the Kingdom called. When my brother first suggested I go on the Race it was like the Holy Spirit flipped a switch in my heart. God was calling me to give up my “things”. God was calling me to focus on Him. My lifestyle and my complacency were at odds with my relationship with my Creator. I was becoming reliant on what I could buy and where I could go to do things that only benefited me. But I’m not what this life is all about. This life, this Christian walk, is about knowing Christ and serving as he served.
“Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28.
God is calling me on this mission to train me to serve as Christ served. To surrender my will to the Father so His work in me and through me can be complete. This step onto the missions field is a blessing Christ has given me to live boldly and radically for Him through pouring myself out for others. You see, Jesus died for us all, to redeem us all, and to know us all intimately. The World Race is His call on my life to spread this hope through action.
