Have you ever felt like there was so much more to this life than going to college and, as soon as you graduate college, finding a job that is 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday?
Have you ever felt like you were made to do so much more and help more people than you can imagine?
This, this is exactly. how. i. feel.
My freshman year of high school was when i really discovered that i felt called to be a missionary so, all throughout high school i said i was going to be a missionary, and, to be honest, i meant it completely! But, not being accepted into the college of my dreams and a relationship with a boy, and my job at the time made me think of other things. You see, i got caught up in the things of this world. I worried more about the boy i was with and the clothes i had than i worried about God and my relationship with Him. I started thinking that if i could just get on with the state or with a bank then i would have the desired income i “needed”, benefits, and a 401K plan. I got caught up in the world’s view of how you should live.
I was more concerned about what i thought my plans should be instead of what God’s plan for me was.
That is a strong statement to make, and sadly, it was true.
After the boy i was dating at the time and i broke up, i lost several friends when that happened as well. I lost my job that i thought i would retire at. I also found out that i had a condition called PCOS that causes some women to gain weight, so the clothes were slowly becoming a problem.
Anyways, fast forward a year and I am having the best time of my life!
Why? Because i am listening to God’s plan for my life again.
What is that? Well, at this point in time, i feel like it is that i AM going to be a missionary and go on The World Race!
The World Race, for those of you who don’t know, is an amazing missions trip opportunity where you go to 11 countries in 11 months. I will spend 1 month in each country.
To answer some questions:
Why cant i just be a missionary and witness to people at my 9-5 job instead of going out of the country? I can do that! For some people, that is their mission field and what they are called to do. For me, its not. At least, not at this moment. Simple. As. That.
For the people who say “I don’t think you are ready.” Well, i don’t think that i am completely ready either but that is the beauty of this whole thing! You see, if i wait until i am “ready” then i will completely miss my opportunity to do what i feel like God is calling me to do. God doesn’t call the equipped, He equips the called.
What about human trafficking that is “worse in other countries”? I know human trafficking is completely awful and scary but we have human trafficking here in America just as bad at times! In the words of Katie Davis, “I am much more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than i am of any illness or tragedy.”
God didn’t ever say that it would fun all the time and i would never be in harms way, whether i am working a 9-5 or i am on the mission field. He did, however, promise that if something were to happen, He would be right there. So, while some of you fear of what COULD happen to me while being a missionary, i feel completely at peace.
Why do you feel called to go? There is just plain and simple answer to this. We are ALL called to “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19
“But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much more will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” Luke 12:48
You see, i have been given so much in this life. Much more than i deserve, so how can i not give myself to follow Christ’s demand and calling on my life?
Please keep me in your prayers as i embark on this journey! Pray that God’s will would be done and that He will be glorified!
-Sarah Williams #11in11 #2Timothy1:7
