When I tell people that I am going on the race, it prompt some version of the same question that collapses down into one three letter word the lives in every seven year olds mouth :
why?
I’m gonna be honest, I bet a lot of people from high school laughed or were shocked when they saw the news that I was dropping out of college for a year to go travel the world and share the gospel. I hope at least SOME were like “heck yea, Emma” but who knows? ¯_(?)_/¯ He’s sending me into the wilderness to revive lives. Quite frankly, I’m pumped about it.
Simply put : The world needs Christ.
People hunger for purpose and thirst to be known. Earthly things and beings try to persuade us that something, anything else, is worth more than God, our creator. The greatest King to ever be. What a pathetic lie thrown at us from the enemy.
I want to step into the lives of people that do not know who Jesus is, who are on the opposite side of a testimony. I want to show them they shower in freeing blood and bathe in an ocean of redemption. To speak the truth that we don’t have to touch the fringe of his robe, no instead he clothes us with his favor (Matthew 9:20). One word from God can change a life. And what if maybe, just maybe, I am the voice that God uses to do that.
What is a life worth? What is it worth for a life to hear the gospel?
To me, it is nine months of my life. Nine months of unfamiliarity. Nine months of surrender. Nine months of kingdom expansion. Nine months of witnessing His work by being the hands and feet of the love of Jesus. To live with 50 people in community. To pray. To love. To give. To hope.
So you ask WHY?
For me, it is so I can write a single name down on this line below, knowing Jesus needed me to continue to be a disciple, to save one soul.
Jesus died for us, so let’s live for him!
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Guatemala, Ecuador, Nepal,
Jesus is looking for you.
Abba help me on this journey.
For those who asked me why? I have a question for you…
Why not?
For you always,
Em
