“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” – St. Augustine
I’ve realized that as much as I’ve been talking about the world race and trying to fund raise, I haven’t really done a good job of explaining why I am going on the race.
So let me first tell you why I an NOT going on the race:
I am not going so that I can just travel and have grand adventures.
I am not going so that I can have cool stories to tell my friends.
I am not going so that I can have epic photos to parade all over Facebook.
I’m not going so that I can gain “cool points” or more followers on twitter.
I am not going so that I can take a year off from life…In fact, in all honesty, this is probably going to be one of the hardest years of my life.
For those who have been asking why exactly am I going on the Race, and what impact am I hoping to bring? Here’s my answer for you 🙂
I’m going because I want to listen to the Lord’s calling, to His invitation.
I’m going because I want to proclaim His goodness over the earth.
I’m going because I want to love people unconditionally, extravagantly, deeply.
I’m going because I want to live fearlessly.
I’m going because I want to spend this year being wrecked by the love of God. His invitation is here for me to go deeper with Him to come away with Him. I want to learn this year to follow Him and abide in His love. Rest in it. Be surrounded by it. I cannot think of a better way to live fearlessly than to live in His love, in a state of continuous overflow. If I am pursuing Him each day, to be so filled by His love that I cannot help but pour it out onto others, then I can love others unconditionally, extravagantly, deeply. In this place of abiding in His perfect love, there is no room for fear of man, no room for doubting my worth or worrying about the future. When God’s extravagant love is rushing over me unceasingly, I can love others the way He loves me. Everything flows from that place.
And lastly, I’m going because I want to advance the Kingdom. I want to see chains break off of people’s lives. I want to see healing, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I want to see people be wrecked by the radical love of Christ so that their lives are forever changed. I want to see people come into a new realization of their Identity in Christ. I want to see new Kingdom-advancers rise up, new revivalists take their place as they encounter the living God. I want to see nations turned to Him. This is what I dream of as I go with my squad to these nations that desperately need to experience the love of Christ.
This is not a vacation. This is a love mission. This is kingdom-advancement.
And my journey all begins with responding to this simple phrase the Lord is whispering. “abide in Me, in My love, come away with Me, My love” because all these other things flow from His presence.
So, my friends, my dream and desire is that my year on the World Race will be, not just a grand adventure with lifelong friends, but that it will most importantly be a year of abiding, of overflow, and of advancement. Its not always easy and requires bravery–to step out of my comfort zone in many ways…but I’m ready for it.
I’m so looking forward on going on this adventure with Jesus!! 🙂
Love you bunches!
“It’s gonna be wild, it’s gonna be great, it’s gonna be full of Me”
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation…”
Isaiah 52:6-7
“I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provide you as a lighthouse to the nations, to make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasng prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons.
Isaiah 42 (The Message)
