Timing
January 2015 Route 4 is MY route! (Well, not really, but I wish). That was basically the route I was hoping to be included in 1 of the 5 September 2014 routes. Before applying for the World Race I knew that September was going to be my launch date so the days leading up to the September route reveal I was essentially wishing for something exactly like the January 2015 Route 4. But alas! None of the September routes offered my opinion of “the full package.” Honestly I was disappointed and none of the September routes stood out to me like the Jan. 4 does. I applied for the route that visited the most continents (September route 5 – and since my acceptance it is continually reinforced in me that Sept. 5 is the route for me (for now – who knows what could happen in the coming months).
I’m thinking “JANUARY ROUTE 4 WOW!” Peru, Chile, India, Nepal, SE Asia, AND Africa. Once I knew that I would apply for the World Race I wanted a route that went to (#1) India and (#2) Nepal – (the Himalayas!?! Where do I sign up?!). Not only does January route 4 have both these countries it also goes to South America (on my bucket list)! That HAS to be my dream route. But enough ranting and slobbering over that route. After a few seconds or minutes of resentment, jealously, and “ARGH, if only that route was offered in September!” I knew that God was using this experience to teach me a lesson.
Lesson: It doesn’t matter where I go – God will use me. And that doesn’t mean He is going to start using me September 1st, 2014 beginning at 12 PM sharp as soon as I sit next to a stranger on a flight across the Pacific. Every new day wherever I am God wants to use me (I don’t even need to become a World Racer) – at work, in the grocery store line up, at the hockey game, on the C-train. The “classroom lecture” phase of God’s lesson may have occurred in the during my realization following my observation of the January 2015 routes, but now it is time to apply what I have learned and let myself be used by Him every day for the rest of my life. It’s tough and I know I will fail some days, but that doesn’t give me an excuse to have a day off because He never takes a day off from me. Conclusion: Who cares where I go He is always with me and there is His work to do everywhere.
Nick
