11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29: 11-13
How beautiful and powerful is this promise God made to us. To know that He has a plan for us… that we are not here by accident yet because we have a purpose in Him…
…Lately I continued to feel a little worried about the whole World Race thing….questions began to come up in my mind: “Rosa- is this really what you should be doing? OR are you just being selfish asking for money to go all over the world? Why should people give you money to do this? What makes you so special to be part of something like this? WHY YOU!?”
Ever since I was little I was afraid of becoming a person who believed that “The World Revolved around Me.” Selfishness is one thing I strive to stay away from- and yet it is the thought of selfishness that Satan uses against me to conitnue on my mission to serve the Lord.
A couple of years ago I wrote down some of the desires of my heart. A year ago the Lord answered them, and this past September I accepted. Those of you who know me know that my dream has been to travel around the world. I have never been much for traveling as a tourist- yet more to learn about the culture and missions. However, the Lord also saw my desire for education- and how much that means to me. The Lord answered the desires of my heart with the World Race. It was too good to be true. I would be able to take a gap year between College and Grad school traveling the world doing what I love best! After praying about it for a year (to make sure it was what He wanted me to do and not me) it all fell into place. I got accepted to the World Race and I even found the perfect Graduate program for me at the University of Pittsburgh!
So the question remains…why me?
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29: 11-13
This past Sunday I heard a pastor say that one must give it ALL to the Lord- if you have a need, ANYTHING- one must give it all to Him and He will answer and He will deal with it for us. I sought Him, I asked for the desires of my heart…and I gave it all to Him. In other words…I sought Him with ALL of my heart and he answered with The World Race. This is why He choose me for this…because His plan for me is to follow the desires of my heart- which He gave to me after I sought Him (I hope this makes sense). And you know what- He has been with me through the entire process as well!
I leave you with this: Gods plan for us is already written on our hearts… how beautiful is that!? I pray that you ask Him to answer the desires of your heart and that once He does…that you accept it. It will feel “Too good to be true” but that’s because that is what your heart desires! And that is the plan that He has for you! SO accept it..and do not feel selfish about it- for once you follow His plan for you, you will be blessing so many other people around you. I have found this to be true with my ministry here. I felt bad asking people for support- yet many have done so because they know that this is His plan for me…and they are being blessed by being a part of my ministry to serve the Lord around the world.
