The World Race. The adventure of a lifetime. Full of joy. Of freedom. Of laughter. Of out of this world experiences. Of fullness.
I realized recently that I naively went into my Race with the expectation that this is what it would look like all the time. The videos I watched portrayed only good, only joy, only fun, only adventure. I was looking forward to that. I wanted an adventure. I was ready to see the world.
What I’ve found over the past four months is that The World Race is so much more than that. It is not fun all the time. It is not joyful all the time. It is not easy all the time. And that’s because although I am on this adventure, I am still living my life. And my life can be messy. There are days when I wake up and I don’t feel like going to ministry. There are days when my teammates drive me bonkers. There are days where all I want is clean clothes, a hot shower, air conditioning and my bed. I find myself getting in the groove, walking in a rut. Everything that we do just becomes the norm, not something exciting or awe-inspiring.
“Meghan, where is your vision? What are your eyes fixed upon?”
God, spoke those words to me softly but very clearly last night as I had a beautiful, impromptu chat with a teammate. He is so much more than I choose to see every day. He is incredible. He is out of this world. His love doesn’t make sense. He changes everything. He is so much more than I choose to see. My vision gets stuck on the circumstances, on the feelings, on the challenges. My vision doesn’t remain on Jesus. I make everything so complicated. I doubt myself. I doubt Him. I try to figure out how things work, or what to say. But, that’s not the point. God never asked me to do that. He’s not asking me to figure Him out. He’s not asking me to save people. He’s not asking me to heal people. He’s not asking me to know the Bible inside and out. He is simply asking me to receive His love every single day that He gives me. To look in the mirror and say, “I am the righteousness of God in Christ today!” Because when I do that, my vision is not on myself; what I can or cannot do. Instead, my vision is focused on the One who created all, who is mighty to save, whose love is everlasting and transforming. I want to remember this as I walk the streets of the nations God calls me to. Not even just on the Race, but in my life. The World Race is not my mission field. It is not the only vessel by which I can be used by God. It is a tool, a path that God has called me to to reveal more of Himself to me. My life is ministry. The abundance, the joy, the provision, the love, the health, the healing, the power that He has created for me to experience through Him needs no set time or place. It needs only my choice. My agreement. My acceptance. This is where freedom comes.
“So, I died to the law–I stopped trying to meet all its requirements–so that I might live for God. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.” Galatians 2: 19-21
I need your help! I’m still over $4,000 short of my final deadline in January. Please consider supporting me financially so that I can finish this incredible journey that God has called me to. It is not possible without you and your generosity and love.
All my love,
Meg
