GOD’S RACE NOT MINE

Hey mom and dad I made it to Georgia!!! Currently on day 24 of the world race and I am so excited to share with you one thing that God really changed in my life. Lets go back to Day 1, arriving at the airport scared, nervous, but also full of excitement not knowing what’s going to come next, isn’t that such a beautiful thing, walking into the unknown, but trusting God. Imagine with me for a second , I’m walking outside to a van full of 30 jesus loving strangers, I was super scared to meet the people I’m going to spend nine moths of my life with.  I immediately feel right at home and a immense joy poured over me as I introduce myself to my fellow squad mates. ” IS THIS REAL LIFE? Full of anticipation in a van full of people on fire and ready for this next season, we arrive at Adventures in mission  ( AIM for short ) I screamed ” IM HOME”  I have never felt such excitement before, I made it to Gainesville, my new home! 

So we get out of the van and meet our wonderful leaders and staff and head over to our camp site. Y’all the presence of our lord is all over the place, I had to stop myself and ask “is this real life”? Im surrounded by over 100 Jesus loving young people hungry for more of him , and the desire to see revival come to our Broken needy world. Now here is where God wreaked me. It all hits me, I was no longer sleeping in my bed with nice clean sheets, air conditioned room, I was now going to sleep in a two person tent, in the middle of no where Georgia, sweating in my own sweat, and getting eaten alive my mosquitoes, porta pottys, no shower for three days, only taking bucket showers, which are so fun by the way! Haha, I had to get over myself quick.

I told myself “ok Kaitlyn your not living for yourself anymore, your life is Gods”. If living for Jesus meant only taking bucket showers and using a portages potty everyday for the rest of my life, I would! Living for Jesus isn’t supposed to be comfortable. Living for Jesus might mean leaving every single comfort, every desire, and every need, and laying that down at his feet, for a greater purpose than myself. I was okay with that, I was ok with leaving behind every sin, mistake, broken piece of my story, for Him! God had to rip out my pride, my agenda, and break me down to build me up the way he wanted me to be. So God can use me, my story, my broken pieces to glorify him and bring his children back home to Him, so they can live in eternity in heaven, oh that’s a big promise right there!

Something i learned day one here is that Jesus is still worth it even if life gets hard, lifes not always going to look like roses and butterflies, sometimes it looks like heartache, giving up your finances, I learned that everything is Gods anyways, everything that we have here on earth is Gods, what will I do with that? I have enough reasons to live for myself, go my own route, but I only have a few chances to follow Jesus. I could have a closet full of clothes, nice shoes, a full bank account, or I could give all that up to further Gods kingdom. Its going to cost me everything to live a life for Jesus, but its worth it! What do you do with a God that saved you, well I going to live for him.

Looking back to day one of the world race i wish I would’ve asked myself the question, ” Do I care more about myself and my image, than I do about His people and furthering His kingdom.? How sad is it that I used to care more about my own image and what people thought of me, that I missed out on what God wanted me to do here. Friends I’m done living that way, my identity is founded in christ, not in the world. While being here I have experienced JOY abundantly! When I left my life behind I found something even better, true love, and that’s JESUS! 

This is GOD’S RACE and I can’t wait to see all that God is able to do with my simple yes to Him. Thank you all for taking time to read through my blog, and for going on this journey with me. Lets go make jesus famous!!! It would mean the world to me if you would go and hit the subscribe button for notifications on new blog post. 

Until next time LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, LOVE GOD, LOVE THE WORLD. LOVE YOU HEAPS!