It’s about that time. Less than one week until launch and 9 days from leaving for Nepal. Time has flown by these past couple months while fundraising and preparing to leave the country. When I applied in January for the race it seemed like July was gonna slowly get here and I’d have all the time in the world to get ready to leave. Here we are a couple days away and I gotta say how those plans have not worked out for me.
Every time I get something accomplished I’m reminded of 3-4 other things I still need to do. If I told you this week won’t be crazy or hasn’t been then I’d be a liar. Still waiting on my passport/visa to come in from the Indian Embassy. Still needing to get my malaria medication. Still trying to fundraise. All of these things are extremely important but really not at all important. I’m constantly reminded that I have a whole lot of stuff to complete before leaving on Sunday.
All this stuff can cloud our focus. We tend to be caught up in all of the stuff that we lose focus of our purpose/mission. The whole visa process has been madness. But it’s something you can’t control. Why waste your time on worrying for something that you can’t control? Satan likes to use anything he can to distract us from our mission even if it’s spending time worrying about a visa or what to pack. Same applies for life in general. Distractions of money, food, sports. It’s all stuff that gets in the way of our sole purpose on this earth.
Whenever I get reminded of how much stuff I have left to do before leaving I can’t help but feel a sense of peace and thankfulness for the Lord’s provision up to this point. He’s got it under control. We don’t need stuff. We need the gospel. To be honest I could go on the World Race with nothing but my Bible(maybe a passport too). My mission is to take the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ to a world who has never heard it and see lives changed. I don’t need a headlamp, outlet converter or any of this stuff to do that. When life gets busy and tough take the time to just sit and spend time with the Lord.
Don’t miss what the Lord is trying to teach you. He’s speaking. Are you listening?
“Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth.”
Acts 20:24
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me-the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”
