For the last year or so I have really been feeling that God
was calling me to serve him in a different capacity. I work for a Christian
ministry, I’ve worked with a local youth group for much of the last 3-4 years
but I felt like there was something else I needed to be doing. But as I would
seek Him and ask Him where I needed to be and what to be doing, I felt like I
was hitting a 20 ft high brick wall… with 10 feet of cement behind it… and
large pre-historic animals guarding the other side. So… not getting very far. A
few months ago I sat down to dinner with a good friend and he began to tell me
about this amazing missions opportunity called the World Race and that he and
his wife were praying about joining. I was immediately excited for them and
caught myself saying to um, myself… that I wish I could do something like that.
Not two minutes later he pauses, looks me in the eye and tells me that he feel
like I need to pray about going with them on the Race. Instantaneously, before
he even finishes his sentence, bricks are crumbling off of my wall, cement is
being blasted by an unknown force and my pre-historic guards are experiencing
an ice age of apocalyptic proportions. And no, Scrat the Squirrel didn’t get to
keep the ever-elusive acorn, very sad. Everything was coming together but I
realized that this wasn’t something
that I was waiting on God on, it was
something God was waiting on me on. This was my wall; I’m comfortable on this
side with my bed, my car, my friends, monthly poker games and my BlackBerry in
hand at all times. Why can’t I do something like that? I was too comfortable
where I was. That all changed in about 24 hours as God began to give me a heart
for the lost like I’ve never felt before and specifically for the countries
that I would visit should I go. It became very clear, very quickly what He was
calling me to do in this season of my life… and I wanted it, badly. Besides, one
cannot claim to serve God and then have a decision to make as to whether they
will obey or not. The choice has been made, the line drawn in the sand long
before He reveals what He has for you. Lace up your nikes and just do it.
was calling me to serve him in a different capacity. I work for a Christian
ministry, I’ve worked with a local youth group for much of the last 3-4 years
but I felt like there was something else I needed to be doing. But as I would
seek Him and ask Him where I needed to be and what to be doing, I felt like I
was hitting a 20 ft high brick wall… with 10 feet of cement behind it… and
large pre-historic animals guarding the other side. So… not getting very far. A
few months ago I sat down to dinner with a good friend and he began to tell me
about this amazing missions opportunity called the World Race and that he and
his wife were praying about joining. I was immediately excited for them and
caught myself saying to um, myself… that I wish I could do something like that.
Not two minutes later he pauses, looks me in the eye and tells me that he feel
like I need to pray about going with them on the Race. Instantaneously, before
he even finishes his sentence, bricks are crumbling off of my wall, cement is
being blasted by an unknown force and my pre-historic guards are experiencing
an ice age of apocalyptic proportions. And no, Scrat the Squirrel didn’t get to
keep the ever-elusive acorn, very sad. Everything was coming together but I
realized that this wasn’t something
that I was waiting on God on, it wassomething God was waiting on me on. This was my wall; I’m comfortable on this
side with my bed, my car, my friends, monthly poker games and my BlackBerry in
hand at all times. Why can’t I do something like that? I was too comfortable
where I was. That all changed in about 24 hours as God began to give me a heart
for the lost like I’ve never felt before and specifically for the countries
that I would visit should I go. It became very clear, very quickly what He was
calling me to do in this season of my life… and I wanted it, badly. Besides, one
cannot claim to serve God and then have a decision to make as to whether they
will obey or not. The choice has been made, the line drawn in the sand long
before He reveals what He has for you. Lace up your nikes and just do it.
