Last fall I was able to spend and entire semester in the wonderful capitol of Washington..DC. Yes, that capitol or capital.
While I was there I attended a church that focused on missions both nationally and internationally. One Saturday a month doing work out in the community. This was amazing; here were inspiring politicians, teachers, student interns all coming together one Saturday a month to serve in a community. It was so powerful to see God working. The more I started to seeking God in this city, with my friends here and back Home, the more God began to respond and cultivate my heart.
Before I even back for my Spring semester I was debating about taking another semester abroad. But I ran from it. God was showing me a lot of options to take but I kept my eyes on the ‘Plan’. The ‘Plan’ that I thought God was showing me when I started college: graduate college and then go and do mission work. The problem with this is when you become so focused on your plan, you don’t see what what God is doing outside of the frame. I was so focused on My ‘Plan’ that I couldn’t see Him working.
Over the past year I have delved into the Bible more than my Netflix queue, my Bible app more than Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and I began praying for Nations.
Come my first class of this semester, God was pushing my hard in the back to go and talk to my parents about missions. I could not even get through my entire first class, but I prayed through it all, I couldn’t even tell you what it was about. I truly cannot even begin to describe how my parents feel about this journey, but if I have learned anything, when God calls you to do something, He will make it so known that no matter how much you try and rationalize it, you can’t.
God has cultivated a heart in me for missions. When I began to take a class in global mission work this summer, He confirmed all that He had begun planning a long while ago. He wants me to go and spread His Word across the lands.
It’s a call I can’t deny nor one that I want to. I want to go on this adventure, no matter how much it is stepping outside of my comfort zone. I know that I will learn more than I can ever imagine and lean on God for every step of the way. I won’t be comfortable in every aspect and will be able to ask for the guidance on all that is happening. He’ll be there for every second of every adventure that He is leading me on.
God’s got a plan, I’m just journeying through, smiling, laughing, hopping and skipping.
Care to join me?
