I titled this “why I chose to do World Race” but the funny thing in that is this wasn’t my choice ultimately, this is where God has placed me to do work in extending his Kingdom. I wasn’t always jumping to answer God’s call though and I think that’s the importance of my journey and why I’m sharing it with you here.
As many people who are close to me in life know I’ve been studying music for over almost a decade now, it’s a huge part of my life and that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to audition and win a job in a orchestra playing timpani, though I felt that’s not really what God wanted me to do. I decided not to listen and forge my own path; this path I decided to forge myself led to nothing but self-destruction. The summer of 2018 I came home and for some reason I felt the urge to go back to my church and start helping out not only with the worship team, but also with youth. I guess I had my big “Aha” moment when I was a sponsor on our youth summer trip. It was the first time that I felt a connection, a relationship with God and, I was completely sold on it. I left my college I was at, I ended toxic relationships I had, I got baptized and I was ready to take ministry by storm. My only problem, I didn’t know where God was leading me to serve… So after many confusing months of wondering and doing my best to listen to what God wants me to do with my life I came across multiple different passages of scripture at the same time that really lead me to the World Race.
The first passage being Galatians 2:20-21: and what I find so moving about this passage is the amount of humility to just give up your life for God’s desires for you not your own is just so powerful to me, and that helped break some of the chains that were on my life and helped me move closer to the missionary field. The second passage that helped lead me to World Race is from Matthew 14:28-29: this passage is super intense to me, think about it, Peter was so sure that it was Jesus standing on the water that he got out and began walking towards him on the water. It encourage me to take that step of faith into the missionary field. Then I read Daniel 1, and I love this passage; it’s amazing how much faith that Daniel and his friends put in God deciding to not give into the “cultural norms” that the King had laid out because Daniel knew it was against God’s will.
I’m super excited to be apart of helping spread God’s kingdom through this organization, I ask that you pray for me as I continue through this journey and however God puts it in your heart to assist me I hope that you’re able to help out! Please subscribe to the blog and you’ll get more updates about my life in the World Race! If you have anymore questions please email me! I’d love to be in contact with you, and pray for you 🙂
Grace and Peace,
-Dylan Beeles
