I have been asked this question just about as many times as “What will you be doing?” and “Where are you going?” So once and for all I will give a clear, concise, and definitive answer.
* I DON’T KNOW! *
Yes, that’s right. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I get back. And yes, I am excited about that. This time in my life is about letting go, getting away, experiencing the abnormal, not knowing what is coming next, not expecting what might come, and CHANGE, lot’s of change. These things I anticipate without expectation as to how they will occur.
I am banking on God to break me, knead me, mold me, and keep on sculpting for the rest of my life. I don’t expect to hit the fire kiln and get to a state of being finished until I die. (and even then I don’t know what that entails, so….) This time in my life is a time for MAJOR change. Creating a dependence on God that I so very much desire. Take a gander HERE http://www.kellengorbett.com/1/post/2013/07/the-best-definition-ive-ever-heard.html to read a blog from on of our TC trainers, Kellen. His words really hit me tonight and put a fire in my heart. Matthew 6:25 is where I want to be.
“I'm telling you, do not be anxious about your life, what you'll eat or what you'll drink, or about your body and what you'll put on.”
So to get back on subject, what am I going to do when I get back from the race? I seriously don’t have a clue. I do know that over the past year God has been calling me into ministry. What that means for His kingdom and my life? I don’t know. I might be going back into missions, evangelism, be a pastor, lead a WR squad, go to some random place on earth and minister there. I don’t know. But I know right now, in this moment, I’m ok with that. I know enough to get me by.
What do I know? Well, I know that I am going to Atlanta on the September 6th to prepare to go into the nations. I know that I leave on September 10th to fly to Kenya. And that is where my knowledge of what is to come ends. I don’t know where I go from there or what I will be doing the first week in Kenya. I just know that God has awesome things in store for not just me but for every single world racer going unto the nations. And that EXCITES me!
Do you put your trust in God? Do you put faith in GOD or your savings and job? Read Timothy 1: 3-7 …”advancing God’s work – which is by FAITH.” Let me know what you think. Comment and tell me what God has been doing in your life and how you have been relying on God. A big thing I have learned is that our testimony is not for ourselves but for the lifting up of others. So share your story.
Stay tuned for more info about the World Race and what God is doing in my life and my teams lives. And if you want to support me please feel free to call, email, or comment. I still need to raise $2,500 by Aug. 18th deadline. Click the link on the side and you can give online or send a check to:
Adventures in Missions
PO Box 534470
Atlanta, GA 30353-4470
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