I learned about the world race about 2 years ago while in college. At a glance, I thought it would be cool to do, but I did not want to jeopardize my chances of getting into dental school. Something I had worked so long and hard at. How could that not be my future? I had done everything right! I did not know God had another plan for my life until I was rejected from dental school twice. I was devastated that MY plan did not work out. However, His timing and plans are always perfect. I did not realize at the time that my pursuit for dental school was putting my desire for success, wealth, and reputation before God. Moving back home where I am surrounded by a solid Christian community is exactly what I needed. A short time after graduating college, He made it crystal clear that the world race was His plan for me. My Jesus, my savior. He saved me from my own destruction and my pursuit of a future that would come between me and Him and instead put me on a path to build a relationship with Him.
I still do not know what Jesus has in store for me after the race, but I know from now until my soul makes it to Heaven, everything I do will be to His glory and for His Kingdom. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end (Jeremiah 29:11),” tells me that I belong in HIS plan, not my own. This verse takes every ounce of worry and anxiety that I have about my future out of my mind. I am thankful to serve an all-knowing, all-powerful God.
The next 11 months will not be easy, but I want to put my faith through the fire to grow and shape it into a tool Jesus can use for His benefit. I want to possess the Spirit of Jesus on Earth so that someone else may see His radical, overwhelming love. I want to bring truth to those who have no idea where to begin in this beautiful lifestyle change. I want to show people that it is not too difficult or too late for His love to rescue them. “Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast (Psalm 36:5-6).”
This journey is just beginning, and I cannot wait to see what God has in store!
