Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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Since returning from Guatemala I have began the process of going through my things and making piles of stuff to sell and stuff to donate. This process was much easier than I first thought it would be. You see, when you get back from serving God in an area of the world where people have very little it is easy to look at all the crap we have and decide to get rid of it all. I have gone through about 80% of my things now and realize how much stuff I really do not need.

One of the things I am really looking forward to about The World Race is living out of a my pack for the year.
 
I am looking forward to getting rid of all the crap that is holding me to this earth and not allowing me to give everything I have to God. I realize it is my attachment to the stuff I have that creates my division from God.

Luke 18:18-23 tells us about the Rich Young Ruler

 

A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'” “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.

It has been about a month since returning from Guatemala and as I continue going through my stuff it is becoming harder to put stuff in the giveaway pile or the sell pile. I have attachments to these things and I think for some reason I need to keep them. They are things that can be replaced when I get back but there is a voice in my head that is saying it would be easier to keep them than to give them away.

If I want to truly serve God on The World Race I need to clear out my possessions and give it all to God.

I am moving at the end of August. I have turned in my resignation at the church I have been at for the past 15 months and will be moving in with friends until I leave for The World Race. I have no need for the stuff I have.

I will give it all away and bless someone else with it because I was once blessed with it.
 
I will not be like the Rich Young Ruler. God tells us that He will provide everything we NEED and that is all I WANT.