So by now most everyone I know has heard the news that I will be embarking on a mission that takes me away from the comforts of home for 11 months. I have had mixed responses (mostly good) from family, friends, and co-workers and I wanted to share a little more of my heart with you all.
My life has had its ups and downs and truthfully it has taken me a while to finally become comfortable with my own self. My life hasn’t been very hard to say the least but there have been challenges along the way that have swept me away from the plans that God has for me. I have lived in a way that has pleased my flesh for far to long and decided to make the necessary changes that are more spirit led. While reading my bible I came across Romans 8:5
“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”
This was my story for far too long. Everything from relationships to food and earthly pleasures were my desire. Things of the flesh. Once I decided to live for Jesus my world began to change. I no longer desired these things. I didn’t need that 10th new pair of shoes so badly when there were others who didn’t even have one. I didn’t put as much on my plate when I began to understand the amount of people in need of just one meal a day. I didn’t just roll up my window and avoid making eye contact with that homeless woman because I wanted to keep that $5 dollars in my pocket.
Instead I chose to donate all those shoes I never wore so someone else could have a new pair once in their lifetime. I chose to put less on my plate so that I wouldn’t waste food any more. I chose to roll down the window and give that $5 dollars I would have wasted on Lord knows what and said “God Bless You” to that woman who looked more grateful that I could have ever hoped.
These are the changes that take place when you begin to trust God with more and more of your life. You begin to be Spirit led and when that happens there is such a warm, comforting love inside of you that you just have to share it!!!
This is where I am in my life. I want to share it!!! I want to live in accordance with the Spirit. I want to have that constant, calming peace that I have come to know when I am living according to God’s word. I want to be taken out of my comfort zone and away from all the luxuries I have had the opportunity to have. I want the Spirit to led me and teach me more about the happiness that I feel when I am following God’s plan for my life. Even when that means abandoning the the life I have known for 27 years and living with people I have never met before while sleeping in a tent for 11 months.
This week God has shown me more than once that He is always faithful! He is always there when I need a friend, when I need help, or just need to let it all go. God has taken me down the road less traveled with the World Race. Will there be times that are nerve-wracking, scary, lonely, upsetting, or just plain hard?? Yeah, I know there will be. But God is greater that all of that and it is in Him that I place my trust!
“SPIRIT LEAD ME WHERE MY TRUST IS WITHOUT BORDERS.
LET ME WALK UPON THE WATERS, WHEREVER YOU WOULD CALL ME.
TAKE ME DEEPER THAN MY FEET COULD EVER WONDER
AND MY FAITH WITH BE MADE STRONGER IN THE PRESENCE OF MY SAVIOR!”
This is my heart exactly!
And I hope in some way He has touched your heart to want a deeper connection with Him!
***Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNYnXwkWrnw
