The world race is ONE WEEK AWAY!! I can’t believe that it’s already here. Training camp seems like a few short days ago but now that I can’t prolong packing anymore the reality that I’m really leaving for 9 months is sinking in. The time in-between training camp has been a real jumble of emotions.. You feel really super excited to go on such a crazy cool adventure with Jesus but you also feel anxious about everything you have to fit into these last few weeks. And one of the hardest for me was feeling a sense of loss as all my friends left for college. I just have to remind myself that I’m gaining so much even though I’m leaving a lot behind.
Today was more of an anxious day as I’m trying to get the online training courses done and figure out what I’m bringing.(seriously should I bring sweatpants??) And realizing that I’m so close to leaving I’m feeling anxious about what lies ahead. I was in the middle of freaking out when I asked God to center me. So I pulled out my Bible and it just fell open to Jeremiah 1
(let me just tell you that God is crazy cool and if your talking to him, he hears you)
The Lord gave me this message:
5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
6 “O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”
7 The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. 8 And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord, have spoken!” 9 Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said,
“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
10 Today I appoint you to stand up
against nations and kingdoms.
Some you must uproot and tear down,
destroy and overthrow.
Others you must build up
and plant.”
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?”
And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.”
12 And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching,[c] and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
How cool!!! Before I was even born he set me apart to do the World Race. He has a plan for me that will surely be carried out and the whole time he will be watching over me! What the heck am I stressing over again? haha I love how the Lord reveals anxieties that I don’t even know I’m dealing with! I do feel young and too inadequate to speak for God but He says that he has put his words in my mouth! I don’t have to worry about anything because God’s in complete control and his promise is that he’ll protect me and carry out his plans for me.
This was such an encouragement for me and I hope it can be an encouragement to someone else! If your struggling with something just stop what your doing and ask God for help. He knows exactly what you need 🙂
