So these last couple months I have been bad about getting blogs out…
In fact…some of you might not know this, but I have been back in the States for about a week…see, I have been bad…I didn’t even write an “end” of the trip blog.
But it is not like I didn’t try…believe me, I have tried…but I have had a hard time getting my jumbled thoughts out…
My brain has been all over the place…mostly thinking about the end of the race and what is going to happen when I get back…
So much unknown…
So much uncertainty…
But strangely I have had a huge peace…
God has definitely given me peace…
So now that I am back…I am trying to just walk…
Walk forward…
Towards him…
In the ways that I know how…
I am just trying to listen for that small soft voice…
And I have such a peace…
I have never been happier in my life…
I have never been more thankful in my life…
This last year was hard…
But I wouldn’t trade one second of it…
Because God has brought me to an amazing place…
My God is good…
He has provided in so many ways…
Even since I have been home, I have seen His hand all over my life…
His is still providing…
He is still there…
It rocks me…
It has brought me to tears…
And it is crazy…
Cause now that the race is over…
I keep hearing the same voice I heard before the race…
Saying…
Come…
Seek me…
I love you…
I want you…
I choose you…
This not the end…
This is the beginning…
Seek me…
Come to me…
And when I think about that…
I get floored even more…
Cause I am realizing a few things…
This whole thing…
The World Race…
It wasn’t about me…
It wasn’t about me having an experience of a lifetime…
It wasn’t about me becoming a better person…
It wasn’t about me becoming a better Christian…
This was all about God…
The glory of God…
The glory of God being revealed…
To me…
To people that followed me this year…
To people that I was able to minister to…
All for His glory…
His glory was revealed to so many people…
It was all about His glorious kingdom coming to earth…
And it showed up in places that you never would have expected…
Some of the darkest places on earth…
Some of the darkest places in my heart…
And brought light…
His love and power restored broken things…
His love and power resurrected dead things…
His love and power transformed lives…
All for His glory…
The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is all over all that he has made.
All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!
They shall speak of your glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, To make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Psalm145:9-13
People have said to me that this last year wasn’t real life…
And that it is over…
The end…
And I guess I understand what people are saying when I look with worldly eyes…
The World Race is over…
But it never was about the World Race…
It was about the Kingdom of God…
It was always about the Kingdom of God…
The Kingdom of God is life…
The Kingdom of God is real life…
The Kingdom of God is the only thing that brings life…
The Kingdom of God is reality…
And I want it to be my reality…
The Kingdom of God certainly didn’t start with the World Race…
The Kingdom of God certainly won’t end with the World Race either…
The Kingdom of God is beautiful…
It never ends…
It never ever ends…
IT NEVER ENDS…
And we get to be part of this Kingdom…
LORD help us seek Your kingdom…may Your kingdom come and Your will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven…may Your kingdom take over in our hearts, relationships, families, and lives…help us to believe in You, Your power to transform, and Your kingdom…LORD help us be kingdom minded…
GOD I WANT YOU TO BE MY KING…LET YOUR KINGDOM SURROUND US…
