***I wrote this on the 5th of November and forgot to post it. So I’m posting it now. Fundraising is a big part of the WR and a huge thing to consider when you’re thinking about applying. I like to be in control. I like to have a plan but when it comes to trusting God for finances there often isn’t a ‘plan’ to follow. Just trust God. I have seen God take care of me so far and I am trusting that the rest of the money will come in so that I don’t have to come home during the race. DO NOT allow your fears, anxiety or uncertainty about money to stop you from applying for the WR. Seriously… Money should never hold you back from doing what God calls you to do. If money is your reason for not going then perhaps it’s just a scapegoat or the manifestation of something else. God provides for God’s work. I hope it encourages you! 🙂 ***
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“God provides richly for all of my needs!”
At camp I stood on a chair and I screamed this with all my might. At the time it was easy to believe after all I wasn’t alone while I did it I was in the midst of 200 other yelling World Racers. But only a few days ago I found that I had completely forgotten about declaring God’s faithfulness.
A rookie mistake made it necessary for me to cancel and rebook flights from training camp and that made the bill bigger than anticipated. I could literally feel my heart rate increasing as I tried to frantically calculate the amount of money I had in my bank account in my head. All at once I became victim to a sudden rush of fear.
Later that evening alone in my room as I got ready for bed my fear and anxiety caught up to me full force. I lay in bed feeling totally helpless, crying as I tried to come up with the answer to the $15,000 dollar question: how on earth am I going to get my hands on that much cash?
In my head I was dancing a lovely jig around my blessed cash cow praying for the inspiration I needed to solve all of my financial woes when God showed up.
“What are you doing?”
“Trying to figure out how to get my hands on the money I need to serve you…”
“Did I tell you to do the World Race?”
“Yeah… Now I just need the money.”
“Have I ever told you to do something that I didn’t give you provision for before?”
“Huh..? God please, please give–help me with fundraising!”
“Nicole!”
“What?”
“Kill the COW.”
The Bible says that man cannot serve two masters. We can’t serve both money and God. The thing with money, like most idols, is that it’s not really real. Money is a physical reality we can see, feel, smell it, we can even taste if we want to but regardless money is actually just bits of paper and metal. The only value it has is the value we place upon it. There is nothing steadfast about it.
God is steadfast. God does provide for his people whether we live in times of prosperity or times of famine. God is providing for me. I will have everything that I need. Fundraising seems like an enormous mountain to conquer but God tells us that we can speak to mountains and see them removed. Notice that? Just tell the mountain to move don’t stand in its shadow dancing around a cow, hoping that you’re going to open your eyes and be on the other side.
Go to God first. Seek him.
And yes, this post is intended more for me than it is for you. I needed to think this through, write it out and kill the cash cow by declaring it once again. So here goes…
“God PROVIDES richly for ALL of my needs!”
