The beaten path is one which I have found myself yearning for my entire life. It is marked by common milestones of getting the dream job, falling in love, having a family, and settling down into a relatively comfortable life. I have been surrounded by a mass of people venturing down this road and I’ve seen the byproduct of joy that comes from it.
I want it. I’ve wanted it my entire life- that storybook happy ending of normalcy and consistency, but I find myself on its outskirts. I peer into the window with my heart desperately longing to be on that path.
But that’s not for me. This week at Project Searchlight, a gathering of World Racers who just got off the field, the Lord has been revealing to me where He wants to take me. He has spoken to me through speakers, during worship, and in the quiet that He is writing a different story for my life. I’ve been angry at Him for it and try to find the entrance of the beaten path on my own. And it hasn’t worked.
The truth of the matter is that I have wanted to settle. I want to settle for a mediocre and average life that looks warm and inviting. The Lord is offering me a beautiful gift, yet I have let myself believe that the beaten path will somehow be more fulfilling that anything that He has planned. I need to fully release my expectation of living a cookie cutter life in order to fully embrace the fulness of life that God is calling me into.
