These words have not been more apparent to me than from the end of training camp to now. For those of you that do not know, our deadline to raise $6,500 is on August 18th. God has blessed me by providing all of this and more!
Just three weeks ago I was $2,300 away from this goal and was getting worried. How was I going to raise this much money in such little time! I had no fundraising plans. I had no one that had said they would donate monthly. I had no people that I thought I could send support letters to. To put it simply, it was looking bleak.
James 1:6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
So I prayed. But in prayer I reported for duty. I prayed that God’s will be done. If it was in His plan for the funding to come then let it be. If it was in His plan otherwise, then let it be. We are not meant to worry. We are meant to understand that everything that happens is according to God’s plan. Worrying itself means we doubt God’s plan. Why would we ever do that?
Well God started providing like I never imagined! Since the end of training camp I raised $4,000, $1,500 of which was in the last three days! This completely blew me away. I believe this was God’s way of not only showing me the power of prayer, but His power as well. That God provides for His children.
The biggest thing this showed me is that The World Race is truly where God wants me to be. I have been through so much change just since training camp. And it has all been God’s way of preparing me for what is to come. I am now more confident in speaking God’s Word to people. I am now understanding of the fact that we are in constant communion with the Holy Spirit and that God plays an active role in our daily lives.
It has only been 24 days since training camp ended. I now have an amazing community of people to be vulnerable with that is willing to hold each other accountable. My fear of persecution when talking about my beliefs has immensely diminished! I now have an energy and passion to be in God’s word every day.
These changes happened so quickly! I can’t imagine what this journey will do to me, what God will do to me! To many the unknown can be scary, but to me, it’s as exciting as it gets!
Thanks for reading
Love y’all
Raj Mahal
