It has been about a month since being home from the field. The race has been a powerful journey that has altered me inside and out. It destroyed my small perspective that I had of a relationship with the Lord. I learned that there was so much untapped areas of my relationship with Him. One in particular was living by faith. This is something westerners take for granted in our daily lives, and definitely myself for sure. I was reading from Hebrews today the iconic verse on faith, Hebrews 11:1.
“Now faith is confidence in what we things hope for, and the assurance about what we do not see.”
What a powerful verse. I know I had many days on the race where I let this verse just soak in, but I was unaware of the call it had on my life and everyone’s lives around me. I began to understand that this verse was not just about belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus, but it is a response to that very foundation of faith. When we accept that belief on faith, we then have our lives to live out faith in God each day. I know looking back on myself I was not doing this well. My life was my own and I did not step out in faith, there was always a comfort box that I always stayed in. Looking further along in Hebrews 11 I began to see how Biblical characters lived out their faith, something I looked over for a long time. What I began to see is that they moved without knowledge of the entire plan beforehand: Abraham was told to go to a place he did not know, Moses Noah built the ark without knowing or seeing what was to come, and Joshua told the Israelites to march around Jericho unsure of the outcome.
As I begin to move forward and seek after what God has laid on my heart, some large faith-based questions arise. I am called to work with children, that has been made cleared, but how am I reaching to that end goal? I believe God is taking deeper with Him, where trust and fellowship with Him will be bigger than ever before. I am taking steps to pursue this passion by beginning long term missions training in Gainesville, GA. It will be done through Adventure in Missions and their Center of Global Calling (CGA). I am moving up in the area soon in faith, trusting that Jesus has a plan. I do not have all the answers to say upfront, but bold moves are what God wants from us. It puts us in the position to trust God and really live on the belief and faith that God is going to provide.
I would ask for all of you to be in prayer over this decision. I am continuing looking for work in the Gainesville area and a place to stay until the training program starts in September. I know when God calls and commissions His people, He always has a hand in the whole journey.
I hope that each of you take a moment to think about leaps you can take in your walk with Christ. There are always areas to go deeper in, think and pray where you can go next.
