If you asked me 3 or 4 years ago what adventure looks like, my answer would probably consist of doing something defiant and rebellious. If you asked me a year or 2 ago, my answer would probably be something like riding roller coasters or swimming in the ocean in the middle of the night.
Today, however, my answer looks very different. I had always considered myself to be adventurous until this past month. Every weekend my team plans a strenuous journey to an extravagant mall, or a giant youth group, or a 12,000 attendee church (more like a concert), but almost every time I prefer to stay home. At first I blamed my introvertedness (it still is a strong factor), but then I came to realize that my lack of involvement with these activities was because of my heightened awareness of what God is doing in my life.
Recently I’ve been praying that all my desires could align with his. I’ve been praying for him to filter out the things in my heart that don’t belong there so that the Holy Spirit has more room to move within me.
A few weeks ago it really hit me that God lives in me. I know this is a bit delayed but WHAT!!!! God chose me. He trusts me. He allows the Holy Spirit to reside in me.
“Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.” -2 Timothy 1:14
Through a conversation with one of my teammates, God revealed to me that perhaps my greatest adventure in this life will be getting to know him deeper by allowing him into every significant and insignificant moment of my life.
Does that mean God doesn’t want me to go on adventures to lakes, volcanoes, and Mayan ruins? Of course not! I’m well aware that my teammates and sometimes myself experience God more in those activities than in any other way. But as for right now, God is making me aware that he is taking me on an adventure every minute of my life. He’s doing life with me all the time.
The moments that are hard and the moments that make me belly laugh are all apart of this journey of life that God is walking me through, and that is the most filling, joyful, and adventurous thing I have ever experienced.
