Today I sent in my resignation letter to the adventure Aquarium, and it’s very bitter sweet. I’m going to miss my coworkers and all of my favorite animal friends. I worked there for a year and a half nonstop which is the longest I’ve worked anywhere. At the same time I am excited to leave. I won’t miss the traffic, and I won’t miss the constant screaming children. I damaged my vocal chords 5 months ago because of that job and they still are not better. But the craziest part of leaving my job is WHY I’m leaving my job.
It’s crazy to think that not only am I quitting my job, but I’m quitting my job to work for free! It’s just one of the many things added to my list that are making the World Race feel more REAL. I feel only a crazy person would drop all that they are doing to travel thousands of miles away from home to help people they’ve never met before. And yes, in human standards, it is crazy. It’s foolish. It’s reckless. And even stupid. But then again what does God think about this? Well let’s think about it for a minute.
God created a world and people that He knew in the long run would sin and break His heart. To me that seems pretty crazy. He also sent His only son to save the same people who continuously hurt Him. That sounds foolish to me. And letting that ONLY son to die for our sin??? If that ain’t reckless than I don’t know what it.
Now of course we’re talking about God here. He knew the outcome of all His actions. He knew it would hurt Him, but God didn’t care about that He cared about YOU. And I’m definitely not God but I want to be as much like Him as possible. I want to be able to sacrifice my time, energy, resources, and yes even my job, to serve Him and His people.
I got a tattoo this spring that says “θυσíα ζωντανn.” This means “living sacrifice” in Greek. And if you didn’t know Romans 12:1-2 says “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
That’s the life I want to live. I want to live a life sacrificing myself to those in need. To be able to serve others and live for others before myself. A living sacrifice.
