At Launch, the Lord gave me the word transformation the last night before we left.
I was so pumped because the Lord doesn’t give me words that often. I immediately told my team saying, “GUYS. The Lord is going to do some transformation in Bogota, Colombia!”
Little did I know, the transformation was in me.
It took us two full days to get to ministry. When we got there on Wednesday, our ministry host told us that it was a rule at our ministry to eat ALL the food we were given. It was a rule for the kids and it was a rule for us.
I was flipping out. If you know me whatsoever, you know I am SOO picky. The first meal we had I ended up sprinting to the bathroom to throw up. I couldn’t stomach any of this new food. I was so embarrassed. I just sat in the bathroom and sobbed. I didn’t want to offend my host. I didn’t want my team to think less of me.
I knew at that moment.. this month was going to be so so hard.
Leah, my sweet sweet teammate, knocked on the door and asked to come talk to me (Leah knows that my range in food is minimal). She came in and prayed over me. She prayed that my taste buds would change and so did I.
I was so incredibly frustrated. I didn’t want this to be the thing to restrict me from ministry. I prayed and prayed.
Next day, same thing. Gagged through my lunch. I ended up throwing some of it away. Leah came to me later that night telling me that I needed to push through and to count on her if I needed help. She would rather me do that then throw it away.
I sobbed in frustration. I can’t eat all this food. I can’t make my team eat it.
LORD HELP ME PLEASE. CHANGE MY TASTE BUDS. I CAN’T DO THIS ON MY OWN.
Y’all this is week one.
All my default settings are being transformed.
whoop there it is.
I am being transformed week 1. I have to trust on the Lord to biologically change something about me. I can’t do this month with out the Lord. Every time I sit down to eat. I say, “God, I can’t eat this with out your help.”
I can honestly say that He has yet to disappoint.
This might not be a huge thing for a lot of people, but it is huge for me.
I think a lot of the time we rely on ourselves for everything. If I didn’t want to eat something in the U.S. I wouldn’t. If I didn’t finish my meal, I could throw it away.
I didn’t need God in that area of my life.
I am gaining a whole new understanding of what it means to be dependent on God.
Take a step back. Think about it really hard. Are you cutting God out of parts of your life just because “You got this?” What if your ability to do that task was challenged or taken away? What now?
Invite the Lord into EVERY part of your daily life. He likes to feel needed and he will always be there. I would not be able to do the World Race with out him in everything I do.
Just try. Invite him in and watch what will happen.
Do good,
Kat
