There are points in my life that I can’t deny what I feel led to do. With that, every obstacle, hurdle, and challenge become something that may be hard to overcome, but there is no longer a question of whether I can overcome them.
Last November, I was hanging out with God. We were talking about things that were happening then, but also I was asking Him about what goals He wanted me to work towards in the future. He began showing me that I needed to participate in Global Challenge. Immediately I came up with a list of reasons why I “couldn’t and shouldn’t” even think about going. When I shared those with God, He showed me that all of the reason why I decided I “couldn’t and shouldn’t” go were all fear- based. He then led me to the story of Abraham and how God told him to go places and leave people. It wasn’t until He got there and sometimes had left that He knew the purposes and the reasons that He had been sent there. It wasn’t until Abraham was obedient and faithful that God revealed to him the “why.”
That night, God showed me the “why” is already taken care of. He has that under control and understands that even though I don’t. The “why” has no importance unless the “obedience” takes place.
So, here I find myself seeking to walk in obedience. I have been given a step. I don’t know where that step leads to, but if I am not obedient and take it, I might ever find out. So I choose to be obedient. I choose to walk in faith knowing that God’s ways are not my ways and His thoughts are not my thoughts.
On January 12th I will begin this journey of faith and obedience. I will join a team of people and together we will travel the world learning a lot about ourselves and will discover new depths of God that we have never experienced before while taking the gifts and talents we have been given and using them to minister to people along the way. We will serve and disciple the people we encounter as we seek God in what things He would have us accomplish.
Personally, I am excited t go outside my comfort zone and being stretched, about being challenged in my boldness for Christ, to sharpen my ideas of what discipleship and servant leadership look like. I believe that God has so much for me to learn, but also that there is so much that He wants to do in and through me during this season.
With all that said, I ask you to pray for me. I believe that this is the next step I am supposed to be taking in the race that is at hand. Hopefully, the next time you hear from me the journey will have already started and there will be so many things for me to tell you about the adventure that God is taking me on with Him.