If I were to describe my high school self in a few words, “competitive” and “intelligent” would both be accurate. So needless to say, I was a perfect candidate for academic team. By the end of our season, I was playing nearly the whole match, which was great! Except I wanted to answer every question of every match and would be mad if I couldn’t. I remember being really frustrated and thinking, “there’s really no way to prepare for a match.”
Before a basketball game, I could spend the week perfecting my ball handling skills, I could spend the night before reviewing the plays, I could even make sure I ate a good breakfast and lunch on game day so I could perform my best. But when you’re answering random questions on basically every topic in the world, the only real way to prepare is to live life and remember as much as you can.
One particular match I remember was being held in the school library, and since I am the reading nerd that I am, I was looking over all their books and skimming titles. I came across one classic book I recognized and something told me to take a second to remember who the author was. Soon the match started and to my astonishment, one of the questions asked who the author was of the particular book I had just looked at! It was such a cool moment that it has stuck with me because it was like God had just given me a heads up about what was to come. It was a cool way for God to teach me that He was in even the smallest details of my life.
I think I got one of those “heads up” moments last night, but it was a little more vague. I was laying on my sleeping pad, thinking about how much I’ve been running lately and conditioning my body, when I heard just the slightest whisper say, “I’m preparing you for something.” Now don’t jump to conclusions! Sometimes God is super literal and sometimes he’s metaphorical with me… So the rate that I’m training right now with running could just be about to mirror some other type of “training”. Or I could meet a girl in Swaziland who loves running and God is able to use me to connect with her. I haven’t the slightest clue. All I know, is it was just a, “Hey, I haven’t forgotten about you, and get ready because something is coming,” kind of moment. So I’m equally excited and terrified and wanted all of my blog followers to be excite-ified with me.
Just like academic team, life is so unpredictable. There’s no way to know what will happen in the future or what to be prepared for. But trusting in The Lord to direct your path and that He knows what the future holds takes all the stress away.
I couldn’t sleep until I wrote this last night so I figured God wanted me to share it with you. Whenever I figure out what this revelation is, I’ll be sure to let you know. Until then… I have no idea what this “thing” God is preparing me for is… But, God’s in the small things, sometimes God speaks to us in tiny whispers, He’s in control, and always be prepared to be used by Him… Choose any of these great themes to take away from this blog. And be certain that God hasn’t called us to boring lives, and exciting things are always around the corner if were willing and listening.
