“This will be much bigger then you going on a trip, this isn’t all just for you”
These are words God spoke to me one late evening, in my tent, back in October during training camp for The World Race. I completely did not understand them at the time, I questioned what He meant and He politely said “just wait.” So I kinda just put that odd little conversation in the back of my mind and went on with my preparation for the race.
Fast forward to the middle of month three on the race. We are in India staying in remote villages preaching, praying for people and loving on beautiful children. When I have access to Internet I find out that my mother and brother have started going to church. And not only just going, they LOVE it, in fact they hate missing a Sunday morning. Neither of them have gone to church in what feels like a lifetime. Them stepping foot into church has been a prayer of mine for YEARS.
And God reminds me of His promise to me that the race isn’t all just about me.
Then I start getting several emails and messages from friends, family and people from my past that I didn’t think I would talk to again. Saying how God has used one of my blogs, or updates or even pictures to touch them or teach them and draw them closer to Him.
I’m reminded again that the race has a MUCH bigger picture then just me going on a mission trip around the world.
Humbled.
I apparently had God in a box, a big box, but still a box. I put Him somewhere that I could understand. But that’s the point, we aren’t suppose to understand every move He makes or how He does it, or why He does, I’m so thankful that He is much bigger then I will ever understand.
God took something that seemed SO huge, so close to impossible to me and exploded it into something even bigger.
Speechless.
I’m just in awe of God.
In awe of how He connects the dots
In awe of how He loves
In awe of His big picture
In awe of how He doesn’t loose sight of us in this world
In awe of His mystery
In awe of His truth.
