Why The World Race?

Why Not.

This has become my theme phrase over the past few years. For so much of my life, I was worried about what others thought, earning love, performing at the highest level in every area of my life, that I did not allow myself to l i v e. I was stuck living a life I thought I had to live.

When I radically encountered Jesus’ love, things began to shift. His love covered all this and I felt free for the first time, like I could finally breathe. Like I could let go of the past and false expectations, while learning to rest in the Father’s arms. Journeying these past two years in intimacy and child-like wonder with Jesus… I don’t even have words for how sweet it has been.

Where am I now?

My deep desire is to speak identity over people. I am at a season where Jesus-loving community is what I long for. I have a heart for those that get pushed to the side, stereotyped, and looked at as somehow ‘less than’. I have a call to go.

The past year has been a journey to say the least. Graduation, cancelled internships, seemingly open doors that closed or changed in the process of committing, stepping out in obedience to have more doors closed, and then finally allowing myself to pursue a door that I never let myself before because of the cost (both time and money) called the World Race. 

Why Not.

Why not step out knowing that God is provider. Why not commit to 11 months where I get to seek the heart of the Father with others. Why not quit my job, defer my loans, pretend I have no other responsibilities, and go. Isn’t the phrase “I wish I would have done more when I was younger/more able/before kids etc…”. Why not stop letting fear control me, and go after the big dreams that I labelled impossible for so long. Why not start living in the moment, hand-in-hand with Jesus, and doing big things with him. I do not want to be afraid to dream big.

To be at this point, where in a few months I am leaving, makes me feel like I am a little crazy. A year of ‘no’, patience, waiting, wilderness, refinement, learning, finding joy and purpose in the present, and now I get to go on an adventure of a lifetime. God is so faithful and good! 

Don’t worry, “Why Not” is always partnered with a lot of prayer and seeking discernment. It is not a reckless phrase. It is one of child-like wonder, adventure, and freedom. I have learned that my life is temporary, that things change in a moment, and that I have to embrace and run after the desires and passions the Lord has given me. 

I am expectant and know that the Lord is going to do immeasurably more than I can ask or imagine in this time. I am leaning on him fully for finances, health, seeing signs and wonders, holy boldness, and for authority to walk in what he has set before me. I want to walk in my purpose, in his authority, in kingdom, speaking good news to all I get the opportunity to encounter. My heart breaks for those who do not know the freedom and victory that is in Jesus, so pray with me that I will see victory where my journey takes me. 

So when you ask me about why I am doing the World Race, my answer is “Why Not”. A phrase filled with life, freedom, so much expectancy, and a desire to see heaven on earth!!