Dear Reader,
I would like to thank you for taking your time to read what I am about to write. I pray that you would be blessed by it. Before I begin I would like to invite the Spirit of God to join us and ask Him to guide my writing.
Spirit of the Living God, I thank You for this opportunity to share with my readers what is going on in my life right now in this new season. I ask that You would be with us and open up our hearts and soften it to hear what You have to say through me. Please give me clarity to share my heart and thoughts. I ask for Your guidance every step of the way. Thank You for allowing everyone who is reading this to journey with me. I thank You for what You are doing and will be doing in each of our lives. I exalt Your name Jesus, You are the King of kings and Lord of lords, the One and Only, True God. May You be glorified, Amen.
So yeah, I am writing my first blog article to share with you why I am going on this World Race. I am really thankful for everyone who has been supporting me and challenging me during this preparation. I want to let you all know that I really appreciate it. If you know me personally, you know that I have a hard time expressing my thoughts into words sometimes and it is difficult for me to answer questions right on the spot. Because I am alone right now, I have time to think through what I want to say. Also, I acknowledge the inspiration of the Spirit of God helping me. So here is a little of my heart behind going:
I want to say that it is so easy for me to walk by sight, but for the first time in my walk with the Lord I am choosing to take a risk and a giant leap of faith in this journey. Because I am a feeler, I can be rash to making decisions based on my feelings. But I have thought about this decision I made and I have counted the cost. I know what I will be sacrificing. I am choosing to walk on the narrow road. You see, to me, God is worth far more than anything I have that is keeping me safe and secured in this Western culture. Right now, each day, it is becoming more real to me that I need Him, I need God in everything I do. Settling down where I am is not good enough, I was created for more. I really desire more of this life that God has given me. I will follow His leading.
Here is a little bit about me: My identity is in Christ, I am defined by Him alone and not by people, so I don’t really care what people think of me. I don’t want to live in comfort. I don’t want more things. I don’t care about money or possessions, in the end those things will perish. So I don’t want to hold onto anything. I want simplicity in Jesus. While many people my age are seeking for relationships, I am content with being single. I am not wasting my time chasing after girls like I once did. Girls are a distraction, sorry not so sorry. She will come if the Lord wills it and it will be in His timing. Right now, I am all about serving my King and my desire is to chase after Him and grow more intimately in my relationship with my One, True Love. You might not understand me or my motives, but the Omniscient One knows everything. He knows me better than I know myself. He knows my every thought and understands my every motive. I lean not on my own understanding. Things don’t have to make sense.
Anyways, I want to go on this World Race because it offers me discipleship and gives me an opportunity to be in a community and be on a team. I really crave for that. It gives me an opportunity to serve in different ministries (construction, evangelism, farming, feeding the hungry, human trafficking, preaching, prison ministry, teaching English, VBS, etc.) Our team will serve however we can to meet the people’s needs. It exposes me to the different countries, the different people groups, and the different cultures. This gives me the opportunity to really live out the Great Commission that Jesus commanded us to do. Jesus said, “Go out into the world and share the good news with all of creation.” (Mark 16:15) I want to be a Doer of the Word. As a team, I want to embrace the different cultures. As a team, I want to reach the unreached. As a team, I want to bring hope to the hopeless. As a team, I want to love the unlovable. As a team, I want to serve the least of these. As a team, we are capable of accomplishing more in building and expanding the Kingdom.
Yes, the World Race is an adventure of a lifetime, but that is not what I am focusing on or thinking about. You want to know what I am really thinking about? I am thinking about the universal church. I am thinking about the people who have not yet been reached. I am thinking about the people I will meet. I am thinking about the people I will become friends with. I am thinking about the people I will live with. I am thinking about my team who I will have the privilege to serve along side of, that God has brought together, and will become my family. I am thinking about the people who will bless us more than we would bless them. I am thinking about what God will be accomplishing through our team. Also, I am thinking about how I will bring the experiences back home and share that with people. This race is not about me at all. This race is about our Creator King. This race is about what the Spirit of God can accomplish through each person when we choose to surrender and say yes to Him. It is for His glory! I am taking this World Race really seriously.
During this season of life, God is identifying me as an Ambassador for Christ. I will be representing Him, my city, my community, my churches, my family and friends. I am desperately asking you who are reading this to really pray deeply for me. I invite you to join me in this journey. Will you accept?
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In grace and in love,
Scott N. Chan, Ambassador for Christ
