It’s going on just a little over five years since I accepted Jesus into my life. Since then I have experienced and received many gifts from the Lord. One of these gifts that I know my Father has abundantly blessed me with is the gift of peace.
“The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”
Psalm 29:11
There have been very distinct moments and situations in the last couple of years that I know high school me would have been in full panic mode. In these moments I can remember thinking to myself, “Why am I not more worried? How is my stomach not in knots right now?” Have you ever seen the cartoons where there’s an angel and devil on someone’s shoulder’s? Well in these moments the angel on my shoulder sit’s there with a smug grin and says, “Yeah, Jesus is pretty great.”
This isn’t to say I don’t try to make wise choices or I don’t pray for a good ending. But I don’t let fear or stress overwhelm me because I know that whatever the outcome may be my God is still good and the Kingdom goes on.
When I began the process of applying for The Race I knew that the amount that I would be responsible for raising was a significant amount. A terrifying amount. And admittedly it was one of the reasons it took me so long to commit to The Race. But the Lord prepared my heart and I was able to give that fear to Him knowing that He will provide. Don’t get me wrong, I still have minor moments where I find myself thinking I’m in over my head. But it doesn’t take long before I’m reminded of my good God and His provision. I thought I would have to wait until I left in August to begin experiencing a new lesson from the Lord. Turns out this time of preparation is an amazing lesson in it’s own and is allowing me to experience God in a totally new and wonderful way.
The new year has begun and I’m already 22% funded! Eight more months until my team and I head out for an amazing journey where we will learn not only how to better spread the Gospel of Jesus to the nations, but experience and see Jesus in ways that we never have before!
God is good.
