Yesterday at work a regular customer came in that I had talked to about the World Race, as he was walking in He said “I hope you are not going where you said you are going.”. I asked him why do you say that? His response was because “the people in those countries are crazy and they are cutting peoples heads off, you don’t want to die like that or from diseases.”. I looked at him and said if I don’t go where God has called me, to do things my heart has longed for out of fear then I am already dead inside. We may die everyday from shootings, car accidents, diseases, etc. If we let Fear take over our lives we are already dead, not living a life full of purpose but stuck in the same old same old, a life where we try to fill the void with things, food, addictions, entertainment.
Why should I let fear take hold of my life? 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
Why should I fear the journey when God is sending me?
Romans 8:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
You may think that it is crazy but I would rather lose my life doing what God has called me to then to lose my soul. I would Rather let God take me on this journey into the unknown then to sit in a comfortable life feeling empty inside longing for something so much more. I am tired of the adventurous person inside being suppressed out of fear to live a life that is comfortable, working jobs that I hate because it is the only work I can find at the time, always longing for something more. God gave me a heart for the nations, for the world and I will follow what God has for me. As I prepare for this journey I already feel more alive then I did before. I am not meant to spend my life working at grocery stores and gas stations, I love the photography jobs but they are to few to sustain me right now but even that get boring to me. The times I have felt the most alive and most like me was being on missions trips, helping people in different communities, serving others and loving people. weather the missions was in the US or in other countries. My heart leaps every time God opens a door for me to pray for someone, when I get the honor of leading someone to Christ or back to Christ, and when i see a smile on someones face that I was able to help them in their time of need.
I love the definition of The ability to do something that frightens one, strength in the face of pain or grief, is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation
I know that God will be with me and he will make me more than a conqueror, sure the unknown can be a little scary but if I don’t trust God and go then I will never be able to be all God has called me to be and there will still be a void longing for more, living a life on auto pilot, or worse dead inside ( a walking dead)
Missions not only changes the the lives that we go to impact but mostly changes you
I ask you are you letting fears hold you back from something? Do you have a void that only the purpose God has for your life can fill it? Get alone with God and ask Him what He wants you to do, go etc. Ask God for the Courage to face all your fears that are holding you back. Is there something you have always wanted to do but you are afraid to even try it? Go try it you won’t be sorry.
No longer will I hold back, I will try. I climbed this and jumped something that I always wanted to do, it might not be that high to you but for someone my size to me it was a start of letting the adventurer inside me out.
