Sometimes I find myself thinking..”how am i going to leave the U.S for eleven months”…”how am I going to raise over $16,000″….”how am I going to show others Christ in a countries I have never been to and don’t know the culture.”
All these statements sound the same.”how am i…” The truth is, I can’t.I can’t raise over $16,000, I can’t be away from my home for eleven months, I can’t preach The Word and save others. I can’t.
But Christ can
I have been thinking of all the things I can’t do. Not the things God can do. God can change people’s hearts, He can send supporters my way, He can lead me and guide me on The World Race.
I have been trying to be in control of everything involved with The World Race. But I have fallen into the trap of control. Sarah Young says it best in her devotional, Jesus Calling, “A mind preoccupied with planning pays homage to the idol of control” (pg. 117).
Reading this statement this morning opened my eyes. I have been thinking this is my trip. I’m going to eleven countries in eleven months, I have to raise all my funds, I have to prepare myself. I was wrong.
God has gone before me in every step of this journey. This isn’t my trip, it’s God’s. This trip is all about Jesus, and has nothing to do with me. For some reason God has called me on this journey, and I will follow. But it’s not about me.
From now on this trip is about Jesus and all His glory. I am putting all my trust in God, because I know He will do so much more than I ever could.
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me” – John 14:1
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” – Proverbs 19:21
Thanks for reading, God Bless!!
Sam
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