what are your goals? Preparing for the World Race I have tons of goals. Goals for my life before the race, financial goals to get on the race, goals to prepare my self physically, spiritually and mentally.
Are all goals good? are your goals of God?
I’ve found since I’ve gotten accepted to the race my goals in my regular life have changed, some positive and some negative.
Trying to keep my focus and be successful in my career even though i know i’ll be off from “regular life” for a year.
My properties have changed. For my servers out there: You know when you thought you were going to close at work, then you get cut only to find out you still have to stay. Your whole shift your building it up in your head then when you stay a minute over its the LONGEST MINUTE, HOUR or THREE…. Well thats been me over this past year. I know the date I’ll be leaving so thats what I’ve been thinking of.
I was putting no effort into my daily life. When work got hard “meh I’ll only be here till june” when i got in a fight with someone a cared about “I’ll be gone soon” but thats not how God calls us to live.
“the next step will come but you don’t need to rush.Enjoy your life as it is. Not as what it will be” – Hannah Hadikson fellow world racer
Yes, God has called me to encounter amazing things with him this coming year as I embark on this year long Journey with him out of the comfort of my own country. He will teach me new things. New ways to serve, new ways to love but that shouldn’t just start when I leave this country. The need is maybe stronger in other countries but there is still a need here in this country.
As I spent my alone time with God this morning at Starbucks this young girl kept walking by me. I felt led to talk to her but about what?… I wasn’t exactly sure but I had a feeling God wanted me to speak with her. I told God if you want me to talk to her make her come here. I start to play my sermon and what do you know she comes right up to me and asks if I have a charger base for her to charge her phone. I told her I didn’t but if she wanted to plug into my laptop I don’t mind. She did and I continued listening to my sermon. She asked me what I was listening to and I told her a sermon from a church I really like, she then asked me if I was a Christian. This is the in I was waiting for. It happened just like that She started to share her life and her struggles to which I was able to give her good godly advice. None of this would have been able to happen if I didn’t step out of my #goal to get outta here and not care about anything here for the next month.
Lately my cry to God has been to help bring me back to the evangelizing young teen I used to be, the one who could sense hurt in anyone and speak life and love into their lives. It was so great to see God use me in that way and to remind me of who I am in him.
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Philippines 1:27
What I feel God is teaching me is to make my #goals is to be more like him in every way. To stop putting my call on hold until I leave the country but to live out my call in every aspect of my life.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, Colossians 3:23
as for my financial goals I have set a personal goal of $11,000 to leave in june which seems ridiculous seeing how I only have $3,500 but I know “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” (Luke 18:27) I trust my God with the $7,500 in a month and some change. He is my Jehovah Jireh and he will come through for me.
