So we're finally here. All the preparation, all the doubt, all the encouragement…and now it's happening. For a while it felt like it wouldn't, but now reality is in my face demanding that I accept it.
When I signed up for this thing, I really didn't know what I was getting myself into. I mean I thought I did, but alot has changed. I guess I expected the World Race to be like eleven regular mission trips rolled into one. Well guess what…
Wrong.
So now that I've been through training camp and launch, I've come to one simple conclusion:
This is going to be harder and more rewarding than I could have ever expected!
Because, you see, this is no ordinary trip. It's length in time and space both confirms that. But what really sets it apart is that it's specifically designed to change you.
Change is an interesting thing. It's easy to talk about, but infinitely harder to come by.
I know that true change takes a conscious decision. It is not something that is happened upon. You have to go after it.
It is a progression, not an achieved state of being. And to continue to do something is much harder than just getting somewhere.
So change is hard. It doesn't feel good to have things shifted inside you. Which is why it is so easy to stay the same.
But I can't stay the same. I won't stay the same.
I have infinite potential in Jesus, and I will not settle for just a little. I will not choose "good" when God has the best.
This is what brings me to do something so ridiculous as the Race.
I know that I cannot truly bring change, unless I am first changed.
I could have settled for staying at home, going to church, and occasionally impacting a life or two. But that's not good enough for me.
I want to see entire groups of people come alive through the love of Jesus. I want to be there when it happens. I want to be a part of it.
But these things don't happen if we're not willing to give ourselves. Jesus showed us that big things happen when you give in a big way.
So the World Race is not awesome because it will take me around the globe. It is awesome because it is a choice to give up everything I want, so I can find out what Jesus wants.
