As I’m beginning my journey with the world race I am having so many emotions. I’m excited that I finally came to a decision on what the next year of my life will contain and the adventure ahead. I’m nervous to think of being away from home and my family for a whole nine months. And I’m not going to lie I’m overwhelmed with the pressure of fundraising enough money for this trip. But I know that God has placed this big dream inside of me and that he will provide a way to make it happen and I am so excited to learn how to trust God through all of this!
I’m a huge believer in what God can do with a dream inspired by him.
Growing up I came from an environment where dreams were encouraged. I was always told to dream and that I could do anything I wanted, but over the years I subconsciously stopped dreaming. I had gotten caught up in my current situation, problems, busyness of life and never took time to dream about what I wanted to actually accomplish in my life. So when it came to the time when I was thinking about what I wanted to do after high school I was really stuck. I had visited many colleges and just didn’t feel like that is where God wanted me to be. In that season of discouragement and confusion, I began to ask God to guide me and show me where I’m supposed to go!
God is so faithful.
God lead me to the World Race and laid it in my heart that this is what I’m supposed to do. I’ve always dreamt of traveling the world and also spreading God’s unconditional love to all people! It’s simple looking back, but all I had to do was take the focus off of myself and just ask God to use me and put dreams inside of me. I could not be more excited to go on this BIG adventure and continue to dream BIG dreams! There is so much excitement being able to reach out and do something so much bigger than myself.
Dreaming is a risk.
But with every dream, there will be things that will try and kill your dream. For many it is discouragement, distractions, temptations that will try and come against you. But, God is with us, the Holy Spirit is our guide, and I choose to trust in him! Even this far in my journey, I’ve learned that trusting him is so worth it because you can NEVER underestimate what God can do with a dream, or even better, what God can do with someone who dreams BIG. I encourage whoever is reading this to know that you are here on earth for a purpose and God has a plan for your life. Trust in him and start dreaming BIG dreams!
Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
