It doesn’t look like soft blankets and a bed. It doesn’t look like hot showers in a clean bathroom.
It doesn’t look like 3 square meals that fill you to the brim. It doesn’t look like constant laughter among friends.
Comfort on the World Race isn’t worldly comfort.
It’s comfort in knowing God will provide. It’s in knowing that your community, your team, will fight FOR you whether this looks like telling you the tough stuff and the blindspots about your behavior or if it means being your buddy and walking to the park so you can break down away from the ministry site.
It’s comfort knowing that while the food may not fill your belly, it’s more than others who are in the same city as you got that day and that maybe, just maybe, God will place one of them in your path so you can give them more and share about Him.
It’s not comfort in the sense of “I feel safe.” It’s comfort in knowing I have God surrounding me and angels assigned to me.
It’s not always comfortable to talk to a stranger, but then they smile.
I used to tell people I am a creature of comfort. I love soft fabrics, fluffy chairs, and my own personal and private space.
I might find those things occasionally along the race and it brings momentary happiness. But I am a creature of True Comfort. I love the Presence of God, the leading of the Holy Spirit, and the God-centered community I’m living in!
Where are you finding your comfort?
I encourage you to take a few minutes and meditate on the song The Voyage by Amanda Cook: https://youtu.be/Jd3vuxpMKUM
