In less than 48 hours I will be on an airplane headed for El Salvador to begin my journey around the world for the next 11 months. I will not step foot back in the United States until June 2018.
I have traded in my house and the comforts of home for a tent and a sleeping bag.
I have traded in my career for a mission.
I have traded in my truck for feet shod with the Gospel, carrying the Good News to the ends of the earth.
I have said goodbye to friends, family, and loved ones. I have cried tears of heartache and tears of unspeakable joy. I have given my life over to the Savior of the World and am now about to take a leap of faith into His all consuming will for my life.
I have been frustrated, overwhelmed, exhausted, beaten down by the lies of the enemy and enveloped by feelings of fear and doubt these past few weeks. But, oh praise Jesus for His grace poured out in my life. Because He is a GOOD, GOOD Father. This week He has brought a powerful sense of peace into my heart. This week He has personally shown me that everything is going to be okay while I’m away. He has cried with me. He has held me. He has never left me. I am brought to my knees by the thought of just how GOOD He is to me when I don’t deserve it in the least.
Oh the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
It chases me down, fights til I’m found
Leaves the ninety-nine
I couldn’t earn it,
I don’t deserve it,
Still you give Yourself away.
Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God
Reckless Love by Bethel
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
If God has called you to do something, He will give you the supernatural strength and ability to see you through it. God is not my crutch. He’s my EVERYTHING. It is only by His incredible grace and mercy that I even take my next breath. John the Baptist had an amazing passion for Christ that was all consuming- completely sold out. This is the type of passion for Christ that I hope to develop over these next 11 months. That in spite of being without a home, without worldly comforts, without family and friends close by, that I would learn to depend SOLEY on Jesus Christ for my everything. In the process of losing all I have held dear and risking drowning in fear, Jesus has given me more of Him than I ever could begin to imagine and instilled a spirit of fearlessness deep in my soul that no scheme, no man, and no devil, could ever steal from me.
You can have all this world. Just give me Jesus.
