Hello there.
My squad and I were asked to write a blog post specifically dedicated to this topic, and when asked to do so I was pretty excited. Simply because there are so many possibilities and ways I could answer this question.
I have decided to give you my answer from the perspective of hope.
Hope??? What do I even mean by that?
The reason I am going on the Race is not only because I feel lead and called to do so but because I have hope. I have hope for everyone I’m going to encounter, I have hope that God will use me as a vessel to pour love out onto everyone, I have hope that souls will be saved, I have hope I will be changed, I have hope that my team and I will grow in our spiritual walk, and I have hope that miracles will happen and extraordinary things will come out of this journey.
I am going on the Race because I want to walk with The Lord in an undistracted journey. What I “want” out of this mission is to grow. I want to grow spiritually, I want to be more kind, more loving, more graceful, I want to try my best to walk as Jesus did. I want my heart to grow softer and I want to become the living breathing definition of a Christ follower every single day. Yes, I know that is possible in any situation in everyday life but to have the opportunity to follow Christ every day with no distraction is something my heart longs for. I want to say “yes” to God and follow Him to the ends of the earth, and then when I return I want to be someone who is almost unrecognizable.
I am going on the Race because I want to pour every ounce of my heart and my love onto complete strangers. I want people who have never heard the name of Jesus before to come to know Him and the unmerited love and grace He has to offer. I want to be a fisher of men. I want to plant seeds in peoples hearts. I want to be the vessel for the Holy Spirit to move through. I want to see God move in ways I never have before. I want to be used by Him to transform peoples lives.
I have hope that all of these things will happen. But more importantly I have faith.
That is why I am going on the Race.
