When I first decided to apply for the World Race, I needed to figure out why in the world I’d do something so crazy. Why was I so drawn to the idea of leaving almost everything behind and going somewhere completely different than anything I’d ever experienced in my life? The answer I found not only took every ounce of stress I had away, but it also is affecting every move I make.
I recently heard a story from my youth pastor; it’s about a boy and his mentor walking through the woods when they come upon a lake. As they are walking the mentor turns to the boy and says, “lets’s walk through the lake.” The boy was confused but trusted his mentor and followed him into the waters. When they got to about shoulder-deep waters, the mentor stopped and looked at the boy. Suddenly the mentor grabbed his head and shoved it under the water. At first the boy thought it was a joke and didn’t resist, but then 10 seconds went by and he was still under… 20 seconds and now the boy became nervous and started to struggle a little more. At 30 seconds the boy was thrashing and trying his hardest to get air… 35 seconds go by and he thought that this might be his last day, he thought he was going to die in this lake. At 45 seconds, the Mentor let the boy up. He came up gasping for air, filling his lungs up as much as physically possible, and then turned to the mentor in anger. But what the mentor said next amazed and humbled him, “You should want God more than you just wanted air.”
I want to do this trip because I love Jesus Christ and he is filling my heart with so much love, for people I don’t even know, that I have to go do something. I want to want God more than I want air, I want to not just hunger and thirst for him, I don’t want to ever be without him.
Love and Thanks
Will Powers.
