As I’m praying for this trip, I keep asking all these questions and getting nervous. Like how am I going to fund-raise this huge amount of money? How is my squad going to get along on the field? Can I handle the different food in each country? How am I going to communicate with these people that speak a completely different language than me? What if I get really tired and want to come home in the first month of the race? Will I really be able to serve for a full nine months? What will America be like when I get back? What if this, What if that? The list continues for miles…
But then I remember this simple truth: my sole purpose in life is to glorify God.
That’s it. I waste so much brain-space worrying about the future, when all God wants from me is to be where he put me. And show Him to those around me.
God called me to go on this adventure and he will take care of the rest. I am so excited just to serve and love people. I want to wash myself away and have these people see purely Jesus when they look at me. I wish to be nothing more than the hands and feet of Jesus. But while this is my want, it is hard to fulfill these words. Much easier said than done.
It has to be a never-ending surrender. Every day, I have to pour more of myself out and let more of Him in. Until, one day, I will meet Him face-to-face and He will say “Well done, My good and faithful servant.”
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“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30 (NKJV)
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” – Colossians 3:1-4 (ESV)
