So as I’ve been getting more excited about the World Race, I sometimes worry that I won’t be good enough to do it. I don’t say this to say that I am thinking about quitting. I am telling you this because I want to be real with the people who read this and support me.
And here is the good part: While doing some Bible reading last night I came across the Isaiah 51:1-53:12. After I was almost done reading, I realized what I was actually reading. This was the chapter foretelling Jesus’ death for our sins. But it’s not even that part I want to talk about. It’s the part before that. While reading chapters 51 and 52, I was encouraged. I was encouraged because throughout the passage it says that God’s righteousness will never fail, ever. I realized even more that God will never stop loving me. No matter how far I try to run from him, he will never stop loving me. And honestly, that was what I needed to hear. I have to learn to love others in the unfailing way that God loves me. I believe that will be what keeps me going in this journey around the world. God’s love through me. How in the world could I not share that love with every person I come in contact with?! God is amazing.
Honestly, when I think about having this amazing love from God, it makes me feel like I can do anything, even this mission trip. I think Justin Bieber said it well when he was asked if he felt invincible because of his faith. He says, “I feel invincible like, nothing is bigger than God. If God’s for me, who can be against me?…It’s a confidence that’s a godly confidence. That’s what I always want…”
I cannot wait to see what God does through me and the people I am traveling with.
P.S. sorry for bringing out my inner belieber here but I just couldn’t help it. The quote is from a recent interview with Complex magazine.
