This past Sunday morning Derek and I had the blessing and privilege of speaking at The Well Ministries in Milan, sharing our testimony and why we are going on the World Race.
Derek and I love talking, but we love Q&A time more.
When we opened up the floor for questions, we were able to share some pretty deep stuff, but it also got us thinking.
Then one question from one high school girl hit me like a ton of bricks. I could tell she already has such a heart for ministry and missions. She asked us:
“If my faith is not that strong, can I still go?”
Even in that moment, holding the microphone, I was dumbfounded.
Why? Why was this sticking out?
My immediate reply was that not even my faith was that strong. I’m are growing constantly. There is so much of Papa I don’t understand yet.
The Derek took over and answered…but I was still thinking. Praying. “Lord, there is a deeper answer here. Give me wisdom for your precious daughter sitting here, seeking Your will in her life.”
Then I took back the mic from my husband, looked her straight in the eye.
If you are supposed to go, GO. Don’t let what you think your faith should look like determine what you are supposed to do in life.
You see, God is going to grow our faith through seasons just like any other part of us. We choose to seek Him and trust Him. But it’s easier to do that with some things than others.
Like for instance, I will trust God for the future of our country, that I will actually hear my alarm 12:15 in the morning, and if my spaghetti will turn out decent.
But what about fundraising, our safety on the mission field, and biggest for me right now: Am I good enough to be packing up to travel the world to share Jesus?
One of my favorite passages is 1 Timothy 4:12.
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
I like to think I’m still considered in this category of “young”, but I think it can also mean young in your faith. I have been saved and in church most of my life. But knowing who God really is, and the amazing relationship we have with our Creator has been slowly coming to me throughout my life.
But it is not for some other person to judge if I’m good enough to obey the calling Papa has placed on each believer’s life:
Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations,baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,and then teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you; and be sure of this—that I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Matthew 28:19-20
That includes me. I can NOT judge myself, or doubt the power that is in me. That is the amazing thing that we have as believers.
Suddenly there was a sound like the roaring of a mighty windstorm in the skies above them and it filled the house where they were meeting. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on their heads. And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in languages they didn’t know,for the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. (Acts 2:2-4)
That, my friends, is the Holy Spirit.
That, my friends, is what resides in us.
That, my friends, is what gives you the faith to GO.
“Because of your little faith,” Jesus told them. “For if you had faith even as small as a tiny mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move!’ and it would go far away. Nothing would be impossible.
Matthew 17:20
