Preparing for the World Race isn’t easy.
I’m not sure why that realization hit me so hard, but all of a sudden it did, and a big huge wave of emotions came right along with it.
Sometimes I forget that I’m not preparing for a short mission trip that I’ll be back from in a few weeks. The World Race is big. So big that when I get carried away with daily life and turn my focus away from God it seems scary and impossible.
Who else had this problem with distraction?
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
“Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
These past few days I’ve been Peter. I’m worried about the wind and I’m letting myself sink; counting up all my sin and shame and letting it drown me; counting my mistakes as reasons why I shouldn’t go on the Race instead of opportunities to grow.
Luckily, God has new grace for me every day. The mistakes I made yesterday or last year mean nothing.
I pray that anytime I start acting like Peter, and the waves start crashing over my head, that I would turn to Jesus for direction; that I would stop chasing after the wind and run towards the Savior.
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