Are you willing to become disturbed?
Are you willing to become ruined?
Are you willing to make a courageous surrender?
Will you expose and oppose evil wherever you find it?
Will YOU join the battle?
Will you make the invisible God visible by being His hands and feet in this broken world — by doing good?
(from "Say Yes To God" by Kay Warren)
I've been reading the book "Say Yes To God" by Kay Warren for months now. It wasn't until I signed up for The World Race that I really dove deeply into this inspiring story of courageous surrender.
….courageous surrender is terrifying.
I've been pretty comfortable here in Bozeman, MT. Yes, there have been many days where I have been stretched to my absolute limit. Where God has made me uncomfortable as I seek to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to this community. But, for the most part, I have been comfortable.
And honestly, I am terrified of the uncomfort of truly following Jesus.
But, for some reason, I am drawn to courageous surrender. I am drawn to be the hands and feet of God. I am drawn to give it all up, for His sake. For I am constantly reminded that this world is not my home.
If this world is not my home, why should I seek comfort in it?
Well, God is calling me greatly out of my comfort zone — on The World Race.
It is funny to think that this is where He lead me. Honestly, The World Race was the last thing I wanted to do 6 weeks ago. It seemed way to scary, uncomfortable and unpredictable.
Luckily, I serve a God who is incredibely gracious, patient and merciful. And, He wants to make me more like Himself! I knew that if He was to lead me to go on The World Race, He would definitely need to change my heart. And He did.
After The World Race being my "last resort" — it is now where I know God is leading me.
God wants me to become DISTURBED.
RUINED.
SURRENDERED.
He wants me to join His battle and make His name visible among the darkness of this world.
Does God want you to stay comfortable? Or is He asking YOU to become disturbed, ruined and surrendered?
God is asking me to become more like Him through The World Race.
How is God asking you to become more like Him? I challenge you to ask yourself the questions at the top of this page… and see how God directs your life for His Kingdom.
"He wants not only us but EVERYONE saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we've learned: that there's one God and ONLY one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us — Jesus, who offered Himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and only this has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth."
1 Timothy 2:4-7 (MSG)
