I have been thinking a lot these days about what it is exactly that I believe the Lord is calling me to do on the Race. The word that keeps popping into my head is serve. Serve. Give everything that I have, everything that I am, to everyone I come in contact with. God is calling me to turn myself inside out, wear my heart on my sleeve, in my boots and work gloves on a project, on my tongue when I’m speaking to someone who is hurting, on my hands when I’m giving someone food or holding a child. Reflecting Christ as a mirror image in order for the world to see his glory. The Lord put some thoughts on my heart yesterday that I want to share.
God, you are providing me with the opportunity to serve overseas in a trans-formative way. The nature of the Race is fast-paced, moving from country to country each month. This means I have to be focused on you, Lord, all the time. God, don’t ever let me lose sight of you. You are going to be working through my team and me in ways that I can’t even begin to imagine, but in order for you to use me I must be broken down. I have to let go of myself and be fully immersed in you. God, you are sovereign over all. You call us all, all those who declare your name, into total abandonment. Abandonment of self, of possessions, of will. This abandonment is not the end, but the beginning. Where I end, You begin. Where I lose, You gain. Where I die, You live. Jesus, your will for the nations is to know you. Your sacrifice covers every transgression. You give life and you sustain it. You supply everything we need. By your grace I am able to travel this world to share your love with everyone, to be your hands and feet.
“Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.” Psalm 117
“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures…”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Who would hold in a truth like that? No, it’s not mine to keep, it’s mine to spread.
