I am the queen of procrastination… so as you can imagine fundraising in these early months has been difficult to say the least. If I’m being truthful, the last two months I’ve put off fundraising and focused on life going on around me and I quickly began to realize that time was flying by. I began to feel worried and stressed out about fundraising and really had no idea even where to begin. As I began to feel lost and uncertain I pressed into God and began to really prayerfully seek him. I prayed for guidance in fundraising and for peace and joy and strength to overcome the fears and doubts that were filling my heart. All I can say is that He truly answered my prayer. I was given a box that belonged to a previous World Racer filled with organized files that gave materials and tips on fundraising and I began to work on making fundraising letters! Yesterday I got 60 letters sent out and I’ve never felt such peace and joy and excitement to be following through on God’s calling for my life. Praise God!
Even though fundraising can be tiring and tasking, my spirit felt full of joy and determination. God continues to pour into my heart daily and what a blessing it is. Through this whole experience I can feel myself becoming more dependent on Him and relying on His strength instead of my own. I’m also learning that faith is a huge part of God being able to work in my life.
Matthew 17:20 says, “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
So have the faith to pray for the impossible and believe that God has the power to move mountains! If I never pray for the impossible because I have so little faith, then I don’t give God the chance to prove his power and love. I want to experience the full magnitude of this amazing power and love and so I pray for the impossible so that when I become fully funded I can give all the glory and praise to Him knowing I could have never done it myself. He puts us through trials so that we must lean on Him and through this our faith will be deepened and we will draw closer and closer to Him.
